Jump to content
VA Disability Community via Hadit.com

VA Disability Claims Articles

Ask Your VA Claims Question | Current Forum Posts Search | Rules | View All Forums
VA Disability Articles | Chats and Other Events | Donate | Blogs | New Users

  • hohomepage-banner-2024-2.png

  • 27-year-anniversary-leaderboard.png

    advice-disclaimer.jpg

  • donate-be-a-hero.png

  • 0

Vfw Will Defeat Bachmann Plan

Rate this question


allan

Question

  • HadIt.com Elder

fwd from: Colonel Dan

VFW Will Defeat Bachmann Plan

WASHINGTON (January 28, 2011) — America's oldest and largest major combat veterans' organization announced it will do everything within its power to defeat a plan introduced by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to cut $4.5 billion from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

"No way, no how, will we let this proposal get any traction in Congress," said Richard L. Eubank, the national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries.

On her website, the three-term congresswoman lists more than $400 billion in suggestions to cut federal spending. The VA suggestion would cap increases to VA healthcare spending, and reduce disability compensation to account for Social Security Disability Insurance payments — in other words, an offset. She says her plan is intended to generate discussion.

"The only discussion the VFW wants is to tell the congresswoman that her plan is totally out of step with America's commitment to our veterans," said Eubank, a retired Marine and Vietnam combat veteran from Eugene, Ore.

"There are certain things you do not do when our nation is at war, and at the top of that list is not caring for our wounded and disabled servicemen and women when they return home," he said. "I want the congresswoman to join us in a tour of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and Poly Trauma Center the next time she's in her home district to witness firsthand the great work the VA does every day to heal their wounds and ease their pain. Then I want her to look those disabled veterans in the eye and tell them their service and sacrifice is too expensive for the nation to bear.

"The day this nation can't afford to take care of her veterans is the day this nation should quit creating them," said Eubank.

-30-

"Keep on, Keepin' on"

Dan Cedusky, Champaign IL "Colonel Dan"

See my web site at:

http://www.angelfire.com/il2/VeteranIssues/

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Answers 40
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters For This Question

Top Posters For This Question

Recommended Posts

You can bet no Representive or senator from a state that has a large VA or military presence will be endorsing this measure. Probably killed chance she ever had at being the President...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • HadIt.com Elder

381,000 from her state but as most know Veterans as a whole are pretty apathetic when it comes to voting.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • HadIt.com Elder

The complete Bachmann plan

Potential Spending Cuts and Estimated Money Saved

Agriculture:

$20 Billion Replace farm subsidies with farmer savings accounts, eliminating the Foreign Agriculture Service, merging and

trimming budget of four agriculture outreach and research agencies, and funding the Food Safety and Inspection

Service with user fees.

Community:

$8 Billion Eliminate the Community Development Block Grant program, Rural Utilities Service, Economic Development

Administration, Neighbor-Works America, Appalachian Regional Commission, Denali Commission, Minority

Development Business Agency, and Delta Regional Authority, and consolidate the Rural Housing and

Development Programs and convert them into block grants.

Education (2 options):

1: $31 Billion Abolish US Department Of Education, and invest half (of $46 Billion budget) back to states by block grants, and

return Pell Grants to 2009 levels

2: $29 Billion Scale back Department of Education, Stop payout of the balance of the stimulus incentive grants for Race to the

Top, eliminate duplicative grants, and return Pell Grant to 2009 levels

Energy and the Environment:

$10.9 Billion Eliminate and reduce certain block grant and devolve EPA grants, restructure Power Marketing

Administrations to be market-based, eliminate Science to Achieve Results Program

Government Reform:

$44 Billion Halve federal program payment errors by 2012, especially by reducing Medicare errors and earned income tax

credit errors, tighten oversight by spending $5 billion on new resources, such as updated computer systems, and

then recover $49 billion in payment errors.

$20 Billion Rescind unobligated balances after 36 months.

$24.5 Billion Halve the $25 billion spent to maintain vacant federal properties, cut federal employee travel to 4 Billion, suspend

acquisition of federal office space, trim federal office fleet by 20%, eliminate Presidential Election Campaign Fund,

cut down on federal employee credit cards, and require federal employees to fly domestic coach.

Health Care:

$12.2 Billion Reform Medigap, require Medicare home health co-payments, eliminate Maternal and Child Health block grant,

eliminate Title X family planning, eliminate National Health Service corps, eliminate health professions grant, and

repeal rural health outreach and flexibility grants, and defund Planned Parenthood and affiliated Federal grants to

abortion facilities – federal, state, local

Unknown Repeal Obamacare (larger savings in later years).

Homeland Security:

$2.7 Billion Eliminate most DHS grants to and allow states to finance themselves.

Interior:

$1.7 Billion Open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to leasing. (The savings are

leasing revenues, which are classified as negative spending in the federal budget), and suspend other federal land

purchases.

International:

$4 Billion Eliminate the Development Assistance Program, State Department education and cultural exchange programs,

International Trade Administration’s trade promotions, the democracy fund, International Trade Commission,

Trade and Development Agency, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, East-West Center, US Institute of

Peace, Japan-US Friendship Commission

Justice:

$7.8 Billion Eliminate all Justice Department grants except those from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Institute

of Justice, thereby empowering states to finance their own justice programs, eliminate Legal Services Corporation,

DOJ Community Relations Service, National Drug Control Policy, State Justice Institute, and Reduce funding of

DOJ Civil Rights division.

Labor:

$7.4 Billion Eliminate federal job training programs, Job Corps, and Senior Community Service Employment Program, and

improve screening for food stamp eligibility

Science

$1.9 Billion Reduce National Science Foundation funding to 2008 levels, eliminate National Science Foundation spending on

elementary and secondary education, and eliminate business subsidies from the National Institute of Standards and

Technology.

Transportation:

$60.7 Billion Devolve the federal highway program and most transit spending to the states, Privatize TSA, FAA, and Amtrack.

Eliminate grants to large and medium airports, eliminate the Maritime Administration, and the Essential Air Service

Program.

Treasury:

$26.7 Billion Eliminate the additional child refundable credit, and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Veterans:

$4.5 Billion Cap increases in Department of Veterans Affairs health care spending, and reduce disability compensation to

account for SS disability payments. Reduce Veterans’ Disability Compensation to account for Social Security

Disability Insurance payments.

Other:

$60 Billion Repeal unspent stimulus spending.

$16 Billion Eliminate all congressional earmarks (FC)

$8 Billion Switch to using the “Superlative CPI” in funding calculations.

$7 Billion Impose 3 yr pay freeze on federal workers and DoD civilians (FC)

$6.7 Billion Eliminate Federal Communications Commission funding for school Internet service, eliminate National

Community Service programs, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the humanities,

National Mediation Board, National Endowment for the Arts, Army Corp of Engineer funding for beach

replenishment projects, Commission of fine arts, National Council on Historic Preservation, and ban project labor

agreements on all federally funded construction projects.

$6 Billion Repeal the Davis–Bacon Act.

$2 Billion Repeal Dodd-Frank (based on 5yr CBO Estimates)

$1.4 Billion Repeal Food Safety & Modernization Act

Defense:

$35.6 Billion According to Secretary Gates ( $178 Billion 5 year projections)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • In Memoriam

http://bachmann.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=4320

Seems like she is just one of persons who can't make up there mind....

This is an excerpt from her website:

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

It is imperative that America's military men and women receive the support they deserve for the sacrifices they have made. Our members of the Armed Forces have fought to preserve the freedoms we cherish and I believe Congress must be steadfast in honoring our commitment to them.

Last year, I supported the largest increase in funding for veterans programs in theVA’s history: over $37 billion for veterans programs. This legislation also adds more than 1,000 new claims adjusters to help ease the backlog of over 400,000 VA benefits claims. Congress must work to alleviate VA bureaucratic procedures, improve communications between the Department of Defense and the VA and strengthen the process for returning soldiers transitioning into the VA health care system.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i always was told these two are different one is a amount set on loss of ability to earn and the other was a straight insurance program ... if you worked you should be able to collect the insurance like any other american ...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Don't you like how she basically is opening this up for discussion.(so she says) She is trying to get her name out in the front. Then she will turn around and say she is in agreement with the majority of voters and take a stand for vets. Wishy/ washy. She has existed on farm subsidies and also reaped the benefits of private school funding, and has the gaul to mess with veterans benefits, Shame on her.

Also in examining her bio on the net she does have aspirations of running for the Presidency. Tea party candidate??

She was a democrat and switched to republican. She is out to make waves in a turbulent storm.

How about less spending to foreign countries?

Keep the money and jobs in America!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Guidelines and Terms of Use