Awhile back some Dem mentioned defunding the police and presto change-o the Right has a new and enduring campaign attack.
But while the Repubs are embracing the police and using comments as a way to influence the voter….some are calling for the defunding of the VA…..
Republican legislators are starting to suggest defunding the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), the office founded in 1989 to assist with veteran needs. The VA assists with getting veterans mental and physical healthcare, educational opportunities, community support, and other everyday housing and living needs.
An Arizona legislator, captured on video participating in a mock congressional hearing, said he supported shutting down the department.
“That’s sort of what I’m thinking because … I hear no good stories. I had zero in my district,” the legislator said in a video posted by the far-right watchdog group Patriot Takes. “So I guess it’s a matter of us leading the fight to defund it.”
A second video, posted by the same account, showed Republican Florida Representative Matt Gaetz advocating for defunding the VA while speaking at an event held by FreedomWorks, a conservative and libertarian advocacy group.
“This is my question to the group. Is it savable? Why not abolish the VA, take all of the money that we are otherwise spending and go to an any willing provider system inside of our communities?” Gaetz says in the video. “And then, if people get bad care, they can vote with their feet and you don’t have a two-tier system of healthcare in this country with our veterans and then with everyone else.”
Generally speaking, Republican policies favor the privatization of all government functions, thinking that a “small government,” “free-market,” “for-profit” privatization provided by a corporation can solve any market ill.
But I thought the GOP was the champion of the veterans and their needs…..
This incidence is not the first time the GOP has taking aim on the VA….
When you hear Republicans praising veterans, do not believe it for a minute. Congressional Republicans blocked or filibustered bill after bill that would have aided veterans, all in an attempt to undermine President Barack Obama and cut taxes for the wealthy. They do not want this man to have a positive legacy.
Mitch McConnell and his cohorts filibustered $21 billion in funds that would have expanded veteran benefits and saved expansions.
Republicans:
• blocked a $1 billion jobs bill that would have helped millions of vets
• blocked a bill that would have kept benefits on par with the cost of living
• killed the Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
• killed the Veterans Retraining Act
• killed the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Act
• killed the Disabled Veterans Home Improvement Act
• killed the Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act
(lasvegassun.com)
The Dems need to jump on this with both feet….take a page from the GOP playbook….hammer their desire to defund the VA.
But will they?
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Sounds like typical right-wing policy. Emotional speeches to the troops when they need them, then discard them once they are injured, or too old for service.
Best wishes, Pete.
The GOP is masterful at deceiving the vets…..and it works…..which is so sad chuq
They won’t defend anything. Nobody will. Veterans are expendable. Especially us older ones.
I see my war slipping into the forgotten zone….so I agree. chuq
Sure, defunding the police, so the money could be used elsewhere? and who do they call when they need help?
Exactly chuq
Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Taking aim at the VA!! … I know all about the VA — I worked there for 28 years!! … “Generally speaking, Republican policies favor the privatization of all government functions, thinking that a “small government,” “free-market,” “for-profit” privatization provided by a corporation can solve any market ill.”
As always I appreciate your help chuq