Any links to Bushs milatry cuts?

[southernleftylady]

or the veterns cuts? tia!

[Lefty48197]

1. I don't have the links, but I have read newspaper stories recently

about a shortage of bullets, and about a shortage of body armor. I heard that families were sending bullet-proof vests to their family members serving in Iraq. Can you imagine what those dip-sh*t right wingers would have done if this had happened during Clinton's Presidency? They'd have hung Clinton for treason for failing to provide enough bullets and body armor to "the troops".

[southernleftylady]

2. thank you for your responce n/t

[alfredo]

3. The military cuts have been to things like

combat pay, death benefits, and dependent pay. He may have had to go back on some of the cuts, but I do remember him cutting military pay on the day he launched the invasion. I think the soldiers had to pay for hospital food, and some transportation.

He has really stuck it to the veterans.

It would be a good thing to google.

[southernleftylady]

4. Ok i found some sites saying that "they might" or "they are planning to "

like this one http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0814-02.htm
but have found anything saying that they did ... but im still searching

[vetwife]

5. Here are a few

http://www.vaiw.org/vet/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=59&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0




http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/14/MN94780.DTL


Be afraid..Very afraid..this is the tip of the iceberg for those so called right wingers supporting the troops.

Here is my site as well
http://groups.msn.com/UnitedVeteransofAmerica/whatnew/

Please help as much as you can. This is for real !

[vetwife]

6. Kick !

[NMDemDist2]

7. here's a bunch of articles, some should be of help

http://www.failureisimpossible.com/agenda/military.htm

edit to add:

To support the troops, President Bush's 2004 Budget and the Republican-led Congress has:

Cut $14.6 billion from veteran's benefits over the next ten years.
Cut $1.5 billion from military housing. U.S. House Representative David Obey attempted to recover $1 billion of this loss by trimming the portion of Bush's tax cut to Americans earning over $1 million per year by 5%. He failed.
Cut $200 million from public schools on military bases.
Denies the much-touted child tax credit to nearly 200,000 low-income military personnel.
Canceled a modest proposal to increase the benefit to families of soldiers who die on active duty from $6,000 to $12,000.
Rolled back recent modest increases in monthly imminent-danger pay for soldiers (from $225 to $150) and the family-separation allowance (from $250 to $100) for troops in hostile combat zones.
Refused to consider military tax relief, which would be a great help to military homeowners and parents deployed to combat zones.
Passed pay raises for some higher ranks, and capped raises for lower ranks.
Regarding some of these patriotic measures taken by the Bush Administration and Republicans, U.S. Army newspaper Army Times wrote: "Taken piecemeal, all these corner-cutting moves might be viewed as mere flesh wounds. But even flesh wounds are fatal if you suffer enough of them."



http://www.bushpresident2004.com/troops.htm

[vetwife]

8. Thanks AZ...Kick !

[southernleftylady]

9. Thank you so much! n/t