--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds like anecdotal evidence to me. So much for
well-reasoned
Yes, those are anecdotal, of course. But did we forget the wee matter
of
155 Senate votes on veterans issues since 9/11? Or is that just 155
anecdotes?
On 27/10/2006, at 9:48 PM, jdiebremse wrote:
So, in other words, the Republicans increased their budget from $6.5
million in 2001 to $12.7 million (2001 dollars) in FY 2006. Close to
DOUBLED it in five years in *inflation-adjusted* terms.
...and the budget for 2007 is back to 7M, which
On 10/27/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that its very easy for you to believe that Republicans are
cold-hearted monsters - but demonisation of your opponents is rarely
true. I don't know what the specific answer is in this case, but I
suspect that the above questions are
On 10/27/06, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...and the budget for 2007 is back to 7M, which would be 6.35M in
2001 dollars. So a very modest cut in real terms from the 2001
levels. I'd have to say John's points on questions of how much it was
using, what it has used it for, and how
How do you spin the shifting of a big chunk of the VA budget onto the
veterans through increased fees, copayments, etc.? The increases are far,
far more than inflation would account for. There is no change in how the
money is spent, only who it is collected from. How do you justify that?
On 10/27/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nick, it's not really that simple. My dad and uncles were vets, and I
grew
up with their views of the VA. Ending up in a VA hospital was considered
a
very bad thing at the time. The VA administration was considered as a
last
resort.
How
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Subject: Re: Who REALLY supports the troops
On 10/27/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nick, it's
On 10/27/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, we really need to look under the numbers quoted by an advocate. If
veterans chose the VA system for maintenance, but chose other hospitals
for
high cost options, such as long stays in intensive care, then even a very
inefficient VA will,
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Further proof that you can make Congressional voting records say
*anything*.
Nothing like a well-reasoned refutation. Before you totally dismissed
this,
did you try Googling something like republicans support veterans to
see
On 10/26/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds like anecdotal evidence to me. So much for well-reasoned
Yes, those are anecdotal, of course. But did we forget the wee matter of
155 Senate votes on veterans issues since 9/11? Or is that just 155
anecdotes?
Oh, then then's
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America analyzed Senate voting
records to
see who really supports veterans -- 155 votes since 9/11. The results
might
surprise you if you imagined that the party that took us into these
wars is
On 10/25/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Further proof that you can make Congressional voting records say
*anything*.
Nothing like a well-reasoned refutation. Before you totally dismissed this,
did you try Googling something like republicans support veterans to see
what you get?
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America analyzed Senate voting records to
see who really supports veterans -- 155 votes since 9/11. The results might
surprise you if you imagined that the party that took us into these wars is
the one that supports veterans.
On Oct 24, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America analyzed Senate voting
records to
see who really supports veterans -- 155 votes since 9/11. The
results might
surprise you if you imagined that the party that took us into these
wars is
the one that
Nick Arnett wrote:
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America analyzed Senate voting
records to see who really supports veterans -- 155 votes since 9/11.
http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/Page/Article/ID/8535
No Republican scored better than a 'C' and no Democrat scored worse
than a
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