remind your neighbors how THEY support the vets - esp Bachmann

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http://www.dav.org/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=378
If Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) wanted to make a name for herself by proposing to cut funding for veterans health care and disability compensation, she has succeeded. “Such an ill-advised proposal is nothing short of heartless,” according to Disabled American Veterans Washington Headquarters Executive Director David W. Gorman.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/military-michele-bachmann-veterans-budget-cuts-012811w/
Tea party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has unveiled a plan for cutting $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans’ disability benefits.

http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2011/01/rep-michele-bachmann-tells-veterans-you.html
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Friday, January 28, 2011Rep. Michele Bachmann tells veterans you are not worth the money

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/01/military-bachmann-veterans-groups-012811w/
A proposal to cut $4.5 billion from Veterans Affairs Department health programs to reduce government spending has earned a quick, sharp rebuke from major veterans groups.

Proposed by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., the freeze in veterans health care funding — along with a cut in disability compensation for veterans also receiving Social Security disability benefits — are part of a $400 billion package of spending cuts that the tea party leader says could be enacted to avoid increasing the $14.3 trillion cap on government borrowing.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/01/military-michele-bachmann-veterans-budget-cuts-012811w/
Tea party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has unveiled a plan for cutting $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans’ disability benefits.

Her proposed VA budget cuts would account for $4.5 billion of the savings included in the plan, posted on her official House of Representatives website.

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110130/DEPARTMENTS04/101300301/1001

A proposal to cut $4.5 billion from Veterans Affairs Department health programs to reduce government spending has earned a quick, sharp rebuke from major veterans groups.

Proposed by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., the freeze in veterans health care funding — along with a cut in disability compensation for veterans also receiving Social Security disability benefits — are part of a $400 billion package of spending cuts that the tea party leader says could be enacted to avoid increasing the $14.3 trillion cap on government borrowing.

Disabled American Veterans called Bachmann's ideas "ill-advised," "nothing short of heartless" and "wrong-headed."

Veterans of Foreign Wars said she was "totally out of step with America's commitment to our veterans."

Veterans for Common Sense said they were "outraged" that her proposal "would leave veterans twisting in the wind."