Fucking budget

[loki604]

Yeah because it is better than what Clinton did with the Cole and Khobar Towers

Didn't say that. Not a blind supporter of party.

 

[beantownmaniac]

Do you really think the President and Congress aren't getting paid? This is for all those politicians

 

[ELYEAH82]

Didn't say that. Not a blind supporter of party.

Neither am I, but I tend to lean towards the ones with my interest (military) in mind. Not the ones who allows us to be attacked without retaliation.

 

[postmaster]

The last president made huge strides in benefits for the troops. Pay raise, death benefites, privatized housing, transferable GI bill, and so on.

You can thank the senate for that as well from late 2004.

Veterans Medical Care

The Senate bill provides total funding of $28.354 billion for the Veterans Health Administration for FY 2005. This includes $19.498 billion for VA medical services; $4.7 billion for medical administration; $3.745 billion for VA medical facilities and $405.593 million for VA medical research. This is $1.2 billion more than President Bush requested and more than $1.9 billion above current year funding. The Senate bill rejects several controversial Bush Administration proposals for fees and collections from certain non-service connected veterans using the VA health system.

Most importantly, the Senate VA-HUD bill – unlike the President’s budget and the separate House proposal – contains an emergency designation for as much $1.2 billion of the proposed increase. This emergency designation is related to the expected stress on the VA medical care system that will be occurring as active duty, reserve and national guard service personnel return from Iraq and Afghanistan during FY 2005 and begin turning to the VA system for treatment. This emergency designation allows for extra funds to be added to the bill without being counted against the VA-HUD bill’s strict overall allocation.

The Senate bill does not set a specific budget for mental illness treatment services within the VA – the largest single provider of psychiatric treatment in the nation. Of great concern to NAMI are the estimated 117,000 veterans who have a service-connected impairment for psychosis and the more than 180,000 who are service-connected for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In 2002, more than 750,000 veterans received mental health services from the VA (about 17% of veterans served by the VA). During this same period, the VA provided care to more than 206,000 veterans with psychosis, 97% of whom were high priority on the basis of their low-income status.

Finally, the report accompanying the Senate bill makes a special note of support for the VA’s efforts to focus on ending chronic homelessness among veterans with severe mental illnesses. According to the report, the VA will spend as much as $1.47 billion in FY 2005 ($100 million more than in FY 2004) in medical care funding to homeless veterans and another $188 million in specialized homeless programs ($12.3 million over FY 2004). The report goes on to request a detailed plan from the VA by next spring on a plan to end homelessness among veterans.

 

[ELYEAH82]

Do you really think the President and Congress aren't getting paid? This is for all those politicians

They still get paid due to a Constitutional ammendment that states the Pres, senators and reps maintain their salary for their entire terms.

 

[elocomotive]

The non-profits, faith-based organizations, etc can do it then. If people want to fund PP with private funds then that is fine. Our tax dollars do not need to be spent of funding things such as his though.

Why? If spending money on it saves money in the long-term, why is that bad spending? Great, complex argument you've given here.... (rolls eyes)

 

[beantownmaniac]

Subject: FW: What Happened????????????????????????

-----Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.

When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Airline surcharge tax
Airline Fuel Tax
Airport Maintenance Tax
Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Death Tax
Dog License Tax
Driving Permit Tax
Environmental Tax (Fee)
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment (UI)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Gasoline Tax (too much per litre)
Gross Receipts Tax
Health Tax
Hunting License Tax
HydroTax
Inheritance Tax
Interest Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Mortgage Tax
Personal Income Tax
Property Tax
Poverty Tax
Prescription Drug Tax
Provincial Income and sales tax
Real Estate Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Retail Sales Tax
Service Charge Tax
School Tax
Telephone Federal Tax
Telephone Federal, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Water Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
--- and in 2010 the HST...

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?



Not one of these taxes existed 60 years ago, & our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle class, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.


What in the"Hell" happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'


I hope this goes around AMERICA at least 100 times.
YOU can help it get there.

GO AHEAD - - - be an AMERICAN!!!

 

[ELYEAH82]

You can thank the senate for that as well from late 2004.

I am not saying all the dems are anti military. In order for anything to get passed it has to have support from both sides, but more times than not the Dems cut military spending.

 

[ELYEAH82]

Dallas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson told News 8 that's not for her.
“I will not give up my salary as long as I'm working," she said. "I cannot pay my bills without a salary. I don't know what the other members are going to do. Some of them could easily do it based on what they're doing here. But, I can tell you this, I work for mine....”

But I am expected to work for an IOU...

 

[loki604]

Neither am I, but I tend to lean towards the ones with my interest (military) in mind. Not the ones who allows us to be attacked without retaliation.

Definitely see your point. And it sucks that you're caught in the middle of a political battle. Believe me, despite being a democrat you will never hear me say a word against the troops or be one of those assholes who somehow blames the troops for political shit. One of my best friends did a couple tours in Iraq and I had three cousins in Afghanistan. Liberals can be dicks with this shit because they somehow equate not supporting troops with furthering their cause.

I am sincerely sorry about what you're dealing with here.

 

[postmaster]

I am not saying all the dems are anti military. In order for anything to get passed it has to have support from both sides, but more times than not the Dems cut military spending.

But yet in the post before you gave full credit to the person who was trying to cut some of what you you gained.

 

[ELYEAH82]

But yet in the post before you gave full credit to the person who was trying to cut some of what you you gained.

I am going with history and the person who signs bills in to law. You dont see these gains with a Dem on office EVER...

 

[postmaster]

I am going with history and the person who signs bills in to law. You dont see these gains with a Dem on office EVER...

Look, I said it before, I really feel bad of the situation you are in.
However, without the Dems in Senate at that time, you wouldn't have gotten those gains either.

Both parties suck balls though. The real power is in big corporations and their lobbyists.

 

[ELYEAH82]

The Dems had the house, senate, and presidency. You shouldnt be working the budget for this year 6 months in to it. This should have been done a year and a half ago.

 

[filosofy29]

So you mean abstinence then. If you're poor, you're not entitled to have sex.

Obligatory "back in my day they didn't have all these fancy birth control methods.....you know.....like pulling out".

The biggest problem with our Government is politicians have absolutely no idea what the real world is like.

Republicans and Democrats are all idiots. Anybody who's not in the middle 50% has their head squarely up their ass. This country needs an enema from it's Policrooktians.

 

[loki604]

Obligatory "back in my day they didn't have all these fancy birth control methods.....you know.....like pulling out".



Republicans and Democrats are all idiots. Anybody who's not in the middle 50% has their head squarely up their ass. This country needs an enema from it's Policrooktians.

Everyone has their cause they care more about. Nothing wrong with that. For the OP, it's the military. For me, it's gay rights. He and I both are going to vote for the issues that are most important to us, even if that means we're not voting in the middle 50%.

It's a type of selfishness, but understandable on both our parts and on everyone's parts.

 

[postmaster]

Obligatory "back in my day they didn't have all these fancy birth control methods.....you know.....like pulling out".

Parents could actually beat the shit out of their kids too when they did stupid shit .... you know ... instead of going to jail

 

[dash]

Parents could actually beat the shit out of their kids too when they did stupid shit .... you know ... instead of going to jail

I brought you into this world and I can take you out...

/Thanks Bill Cosby

 

[loki604]

I brought you into this world and I can take you out...

/Thanks Bill Cosby

Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bill Cosby is so not funny.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Bill Cosby is so not funny.