Senators Criticize Payment Plan for Monitoring Veterans' Credit

[dogday]

WASHINGTON, June 28 — Two Senate Democrats on Wednesday criticized a White House plan to cut money intended for food stamps, student loans and farmers to pay for credit monitoring for veterans whose personal and financial data was stolen last month.

"The Bush-Cheney administration has no qualms about coming up here and twisting our arms for funding for Iraq, but when it comes to needs here at home for veterans and other ordinary Americans, it's rob Peter to pay Paul," said Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont

Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, said, "It's outrageous to first expose millions of Americans to credit fraud and identity theft, and then try to cut food stamps, student loans and youth programs to pay for it."

"This is about taking responsibility when you mess up," Ms. Murray added. "That's something even little kids understand."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/washington/29vets.html?ex=1309233600&en=1f1b8e413a16a170&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Use money from the poor to pay for credit monitoring of the VA information that was stolen... Anyone else think this reeks?????

[gratuitous]

1. You wouldn't need to worry about it if you were Dick Cheney

Why didn't all you people choose to be wealthy, like Dick Cheney? He got a tax break last year worth 100 large! And you can bet he doesn't worry about anyone screwing up his credit or stealing his identity (who would want it, but that's another matter).

And we can't be handing out six-figure tax breaks to Dick Cheney and seven- or eight-figure tax breaks to Paris Hilton AND pay for government fuck-ups, too. So it looks like you veterans will just have to shell out a little more because a laptop computer with your identity information got boosted by Lord only knows who. Should have stayed out of the military, too. Like Dick and Paris, too. Honestly, why can't you whiners be more like overwealthy, spoiled, rich bitches?

A-a-a-a-a-nd /sarcasm

[genie_weenie]

2. Nice False Dichotomy. n/t

[Child_Of_Isis]

3. That's something even little kids understand.

Ummm...we are talking about republicans here. In their world, responsibility always belongs to someone else.

[Crazy Dave]

4. You know what pisses me off even more?

>>Two Senate Democrats<<

ONLY FUCKING TWO DEMOCRATS? Where they at now? Confirming another right-wing federal judge?

[Nite Owl]

5. The politics of division

they do it well. Divide the citizenry and put the blame somewhere else. How long can they get away with this crap?