Don't you love it. The Stock Market has lost 60% of its value since November when Obama was elected. They have four day in positive territory; the recession is over and good times are hear again. That's what the liberal media want us to believe. The truth is the recession was never that bad. It was only being used as an excuse to rip taxpayers off for $3 trillion dollars. Obama has spent more money in two months than all presidents combined including GW. We're screwed.

Believe the Obama administration has totally lost it now to even consider such a ridiculous thing! All vets deserve more than what they get from the US government! They told my father, a Korean and WWII vet, he'd be taken care of, but they lied!! Maybe our government should look at some of the fruitless social spending. God bless the military and their families! And by the way, I believe the Eisenhower administration sent military advisors to Vietnam back in the 50s.

typical lefty loo's ideas....wonder what else are they gonna charge?? rent on the wheelchairs??

"Obama holds the record for presiding over the WORST STOCK MARKET DECLINE FOR ANY NEW PRESIDENT. It's a fact, don't lie to us anymore about that."

To "lie" about that would suggest that I had said something about Obama being responsible for the stock market's performance at all... which, of course, I haven't.

It's only loony right-wingers making such an absurd claim--except on days when the market's up, of course. Then they're suspiciously silent.

Entertaining stuff!

Copyleft said: By the way, the Dow Jones average has been up for several days now. All you folks who were 100% convinced that it responds SOLELY to Obama's speeches can thank him now.'

Yeah, thanks for finally shutting your trap Obama.

I can think of another way to help our soldiers, involving not starting unnecessary and pointless wars, and putting a stop to them when you realize you can't win instead of trying to act tough to get votes.

But yeah, privatizing health insurance for veterans is a bad idea, just like privatizing it for anyone is.

However, under the idiotic Republican philosophy, wouldn't this mean veterans would get better healthcare?

When the VA was created by Abe Licoln, it's sole mission was to provide services for those who were injured in battle. The fact that this administration would even consider charging private healthcare insurance for a service-connected injury is insane and saddening. It would effect all of us non-vets too, because with all that extra expense, you better believe all of our premiums would go up. Can you imagine a wounded vet coming home, unable to get the care he/she needed because neither the VA nor the private sector will cover it. And the VA is the second largest agency in the gov't...what the %$#@ are they there for?

Your right on target! Maybe people should deal with the military health care system before they run begging government for it - Because at the end of the day that is what they'll get. You really can put the word FREE in front of something and people will trip over themselves to get it.

The thought of Prezbo even thinking about this makes me furious.
He's so willing to insure "poor" people at government expense with the new SCHIP program (some families even making up to $80K+/year!)--and eventually try to implement UHC for everybody, yet vets are screwed and have to find their own health care when they come back from the battlefield. This is actually one of the few times government should step in and help when it comes to these guys.
Obama's disdain of the military is so transparent, it makes me sick! Even though she's a complete quackjob, Patty Murray got it right this time.
Also keep in mind (and I'm a former military vet, so I've seen these typical cases, to include myself): who typically joins the military? Poor people, people who don't have money/connections to go to college, minorities, people from poor rural areas--basically people who might have been on welfare rolls if not for self-motivation to actually get up and do something with their lives (rather than sit home and collect a welfare paycheck--and oh yeah, government paid health insurance). So the lazy ones who sat at home and didn't join the military deserve government-paid healthcare while the ones who actually risked their lives for their country are left to fend for themselves? What a joke you are, Prezbo.

Saw a theory on another thread that this was all a show specically designed to provoke outrage and allow the Obamadminstration to ride in on a white horse and say,"they would all be covered as soon as you agree to my universal healthcare proposal. Problem solved. You may kiss my ring."

Here we go again, talking about screwing the vets again. I do agree with giving us all a million or 2, throw in some financial planning assistance with that, and let us take care of ourselves. Hell, we do it already as it is.

This thing is a slap in the face of all of the Veterans that have served in the military be it peace time or war. I thought that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki would have some compassion for his fellow vets, but no. All he wants is the prestige that goes with the job and can not be bothered by the rank and file vets

I don't believe that OBama would consider this. Yeah, I know people love to yammer on about him being a radical anti-military liberal running dog Communist whatever, but he's not *stupid*.

But this *does* impugn his management skills. The VA Secretary should have been in a position to say, "No, that's a serious proposal." It's relaly beginning to seem like amateur hour down there at 1600 PA.

What a huge surprise. The notion of "government-run healthcare" is supposed to be a nightmarishly bad scenario... and yet Boortz calls for MORE government spending on veterans' care.

By the way, that's a position liberals agree with. Welcome to the right side!

I'm impressed with Scott's nerve in dredging up the "Democrats wanting the military to fail" slogan again, after seeing how it boomeranged on Rush when HE tried it on the economic recovery agenda. It seems the "support the people, not the plan" argument only works when Republicans are using it, huh? Right-wing hypocrisy at its finest.

By the way, the Dow Jones average has been up for several days now. All you folks who were 100% convinced that it responds SOLELY to Obama's speeches can thank him now. (The rest of us know better.)

Aren't the pilots of Air Force 1 and Marine 1 military?

This is par for the course for someone who wants the military to fail. Sorry, Copyleft and all you leftist out there. Obama is a Democrat and the Democrats are on record for wanting the military to fail when Bush was president.

So for Obama trying to dump off veterans on the private sector when veterans like put our lives on the line and literally sacrificed life and limb for this country just have the Commander in Chief throw us under the bus is rather appalling. With this guy and his ilk in charge, I do believe that my sacrifices for this country were in vain.

"Do you want our government to spend money? Spend it on wounded warriors. Give every one of them a million bucks ... tax free. That would certainly be a better use of our money than funding blueberry research and building butterfly displays."

AMEN!!! Retired Air Force, luckily not a war-wounded vet, but I am all for that last part of the thread.