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Compassionate cons forgot vets in 11th hour


Posted: Oct 7, 2013

before they shut the government down.  VA staff has been scraping the bottom of the barrel since Oct 1 to pay rehab, educational, disability, retirement, survivors and family benefits from dwindling funds.  If the shutdown goes on past mid October, those benefits for November will be suspended.  Meanwhile, 7000 more VA furloughs just made things a little harder for them.  

Wonder why they didn't address this in all their speeching when they all went out (flanked by media of course) to tear down those mean and nasty barriers at the WWI Memorial last week?  Must have had a Rick Perry moment.  Kinda reminds me of those times (plural) when Romney forgot about the troops in Afganistan when he accepted the nomination at the RNC, then turned around and forgot AGAIN to mention the vets during the last debate.  Oops!  

 

http://www.wltx.com/rss/article/252039/2/VA-to-Furlough-7000-Employees-Close-Regional-Offices

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/house-gop-moves-to-protect-military-pay-in-a-shutdown-97508.html 

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