Backmann hocus pocus stunt in Washington

Yesterday Michele Backmann tried to pull a stunt in Washington when WWII veterans were not able to visit their memorial. While it may sound like a good thing to do, this was nothing more than a stunt.

She wants everyone to forget what she did in 2011 against veterans she pretends to care about now.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has unveiled a plan for cutting $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans' disability benefits. (Charlie Neibergall / The Associated Press)


Bachmann plan would cut veterans benefits
By Rick Maze
Staff writer
January 28, 2011

Tea party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has unveiled a plan for cutting $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans' disability benefits.

Her proposed VA budget cuts would account for $4.5 billion of the savings included in the plan, posted on her official House of Representatives website.

Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, said cutting veterans' health care spending is an ill-advised move at a time when the number of veterans continues to grow as troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan. Sullivan said he finds it difficult to see how VA could freeze health care costs without hurting veterans.

"It is really astonishing to see this," he said.

In a statement, Bachmann said her plan is intended for discussion purposes as an example of ways to cut federal spending to make it unnecessary to increase the current $14.3 trillion limit on the amount the U.S. government can borrow.
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