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Originally Posted by sfc_darrel
Providing veterans' benefits to Filipino service members is only half of the issue.
Perhaps more egregious is how the Democrats offset the cost of the new benefits. Because of House PAYGO rules, any new entitlement spending (such as the Filipino Veterans Equity Act) must be funded by either a corresponding cut in existing spending or matching revenue gains.
In this case, the Democrats on the Veterans Committee voted to save nearly $1 billion by eliminating a $2,200 special monthly payment to veterans who are less than 100 percent disabled, but 60 percent or greater disabled.
It is outrageous that U.S. veterans who have a high level of disability have lost up to $2,200 per month in benefits.
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Another quote, "Because of House PAYGO rules, any new entitlement spending (such as the Filipino Veterans Equity Act) must be funded by either a corresponding cut in existing spending or matching revenue gains."--end quote---------
If NOT for those freakin "tax cuts" that the republican Congress and Bush pushed through Congress, there would be PLENTY of "matching revenue gains".....!
And/or, if those spend & cut republicans hadn't spent so much money on things like "the Bridge to nowhere" and ships the coast guard can't even USE to just name a slight FEW things that those "deficit" spending nincompoops have wasted these past seven years there would BE PLENTY of $$$$ to go around, huh?
And, BTW Neil (and SFC Darrell) those Filipino veterans you're "bitcin about" just didn't "fight along side" our American troops.....they were DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE as "conscipts" in the United States Army..........and they have the damn papers to prove it! They were just as much a "veteran" of the US military as you and I were.
You folks need to bone up on your American AND world history, dontcha think!
Gimpster