[Gimpy]

Originally posted by SuperScout What would be truly enlightening is the percentage or actual dollar increase in the VA buget each year over the past ten years. Many times, resolutions are brought before the respective chambers as a parliamentary maneuver sidetrack or postpone other action. And just a frequently, amendments are added to bills in an attempt to piggyback them into law. All these actions are legislative yada yada, and nothing really counts until the final $ sign is put an a bill that gets signed into law.

Having said that, there are countless governmental agencies that can rightfully claim that they don't have enough money to operate their respective agencies. I have long proposed to institute better accountability in governmental programs, eliminate the massive fraud, waste and abuse, and use that money to adequately fund better programs for veterans.

I wanted to further 'clarify' something I did not address in the post previous to this one.


And as far as.......and I quote you "resolutions are brought before the respective chambers as a parliamentary maneuver sidetrack or postpone other action. And just a frequently, amendments are added to bills in an attempt to piggyback them into law.".........


I can ASSURE you that without one single iota of doubt (and with factual documentation in the Congressional Record) that these "amendments" and "bills" I've listed in the original post were NOT " parliamentary maneuvers" OR added to " piggyback them into law" for any other purpose but to address the woefully inadequate and outright lack of responsible budget action on behalf of this administration. All were going into a mostly already agreed upon Defense Authorization Bill for the sole purpose of increasing funding for veterans, nothing else! It is in the Congressional Record for ALL TO SEE!


And, so says ALL the Veterans Service Organizations as well!.....


I'm certainly just as accutely aware as you that there are "countless Government agencies" who "claim" they don't have enough money...............however, it is seldom (if ever) that you have ALL the Military Service Organizations providing sworn testimony that this is in fact the case with the VA, right?


I am ALL for improving "accountability" for the VA as well as all other Government agencies..............But, that DOES NOT address what is in fact taking place in THIS particular case. The $$$$$ are there, they just DID NOT go to the VA.