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Being from the Huffington Post they somehow forgot to mention that it was the REPUBLICAN HOUSE which passed the vast increase in the Veteran's Administration budget.
Veterans Budget Gets $63 Billion Boost From Obama White House
Posted: 04/05/2013 4:43 pm EDT | Updated: 04/08/2013 10:54 am EDT
WASHINGTON -- Despite growing pressure for budget cuts, the Obama administration next week will propose spending $63.5 billion for veterans services in fiscal 2014, asking for a 4 percent increase over current spending.
The money is targeted at eliminating the backlog of veterans claims for benefits and increasing mental health services, including treatment for military sexual trauma. The budget proposal, which will not be officially unveiled until next week, also will make permanent two tax credits to encourage employers to hire veterans.
Since 2009, the overall budget, including mandated programs and discretionary spending, has risen from about $100 billion in 2009 to $140 billion this year, an increase of about 40 percent. The VA's discretionary spending this year is roughly $61 billion.
The backlog in claims has long bedeviled the VA, which currently is working on 854,000 veterans benefits claims, of which 595,000 are overdue. The VA inspector general earlier this year found a veteran who has been waiting more than four years for his paperwork to be finished. Much of the backlog has been caused by the addition of new benefits for which veterans can file claims, including exposure to Agent Orange defoliant during the Vietnam War, and Gulf War syndrome.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/veterans-budget-2014_n_3023036.html
Remember President Barack Hussein Obama just announced, 23 days after the latest scandal broke, that he was shocked...SHOCKED I SAY to learn of this scandal while reading the newspaper waiting for his tee time.
Veterans Budget Gets $63 Billion Boost From Obama White House
Posted: 04/05/2013 4:43 pm EDT | Updated: 04/08/2013 10:54 am EDT
WASHINGTON -- Despite growing pressure for budget cuts, the Obama administration next week will propose spending $63.5 billion for veterans services in fiscal 2014, asking for a 4 percent increase over current spending.
The money is targeted at eliminating the backlog of veterans claims for benefits and increasing mental health services, including treatment for military sexual trauma. The budget proposal, which will not be officially unveiled until next week, also will make permanent two tax credits to encourage employers to hire veterans.
Since 2009, the overall budget, including mandated programs and discretionary spending, has risen from about $100 billion in 2009 to $140 billion this year, an increase of about 40 percent. The VA's discretionary spending this year is roughly $61 billion.
The backlog in claims has long bedeviled the VA, which currently is working on 854,000 veterans benefits claims, of which 595,000 are overdue. The VA inspector general earlier this year found a veteran who has been waiting more than four years for his paperwork to be finished. Much of the backlog has been caused by the addition of new benefits for which veterans can file claims, including exposure to Agent Orange defoliant during the Vietnam War, and Gulf War syndrome.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/veterans-budget-2014_n_3023036.html
Remember President Barack Hussein Obama just announced, 23 days after the latest scandal broke, that he was shocked...SHOCKED I SAY to learn of this scandal while reading the newspaper waiting for his tee time.
