Here is how our government supports our troops: 1. The Republican controlled House of Representatives has recently voted on the 2004 budget which will cut funding for veteran's health care and benefit programs by nearly $25 billion over the next ten years. It narrowly passed by a vote of 215 to 212.
2. The Veteran's Administration, plagued by recent budget cuts, has had to resort to charging new veterans entering into its system a yearly fee of $250 in order for them to receive treatment. 3. The Bush administration proposed cutting $172 million from impact aid programs which provide school funding for children of military personnel. 4. The Bush administration ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to stop publicizing health benefits available to veterans. 5. Nearly a third of Gulf War veterans, about 209,000 veterans, have submitted claims to to the VA for disability. The backlog of unprocessed claims has reached the astronomical count of 489,297, a number which is unfortunately increasing all of time. There are also currently 500,000 Compensation and Pension cases still pending. Source: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0328-11.htm Welcome to the Cleveland Non-Violence List Serve. Visit our web-site at www.clevelandnv.org Please remember to post in plain text and post only the essential text (do not forward messy messages or webpages.) The Cleveland Non-Violence Network is the listserve of activists in the Cleveland area committed to a non-violent, justice-based response to terrorism and promoting peace nationally and internationally. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If friends want to subscribe, tell them to send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To read this list on the web, please visit: http://www.topica.com/lists/ClevelandNV Wendy Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Moderator ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84CHQ.bdsLNU.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
