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<blockquote data-quote="Inner City Blues" data-source="post: 9418999" data-attributes="member: 79799"><p>I think I'll take the body armor question first, I said you weren't sent to Iraq <em>with</em> body armor, why not? That should have been a priority. Kerry did not vote against giving the military equipment. First of all, it was Kerry that sponsored a bill saying that all soldiers who bought body armor on their own must be reimbursed by the government. Second of all, the bill you say he voted against arming the soldiers on, all the money didn't go to the soldiers. Provisions were added to that bill and you had billions of dollars being spent that had nothing to do with the soldiers. It's like you have a bill that everyone supports, but then the opposition party sneaks in a provision that says, "all Congressman will get Thai hookers." This is what happened with that bill you're talking about, that's why people voted against the bill, they knew it would pass, but they wanted votes that protested these provisions that did not support the troops.</p><p> </p><p> As I said, VA benefits have been cut and now you're blaming people for mooching off the system? Why is that every program designed to help the sick and poor, it's okay to cut the system to prevent people from "abusing" it. Seems many corporations and rich people have been abusing the system to get richer. Should we allow no more government subsidies and tax credits? The "abuse" of the system is a weak argument and cutting funds is not how you deal with it. You <em><strong>reform</strong></em> the system if the problem arise, but cutting a program is not productive (as you well can see). I find interesting how you can see the effects of the cuts on your own family and because of your political leanings, you still accept it. Typical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inner City Blues, post: 9418999, member: 79799"] I think I'll take the body armor question first, I said you weren't sent to Iraq [i]with[/i] body armor, why not? That should have been a priority. Kerry did not vote against giving the military equipment. First of all, it was Kerry that sponsored a bill saying that all soldiers who bought body armor on their own must be reimbursed by the government. Second of all, the bill you say he voted against arming the soldiers on, all the money didn't go to the soldiers. Provisions were added to that bill and you had billions of dollars being spent that had nothing to do with the soldiers. It's like you have a bill that everyone supports, but then the opposition party sneaks in a provision that says, "all Congressman will get Thai hookers." This is what happened with that bill you're talking about, that's why people voted against the bill, they knew it would pass, but they wanted votes that protested these provisions that did not support the troops. As I said, VA benefits have been cut and now you're blaming people for mooching off the system? Why is that every program designed to help the sick and poor, it's okay to cut the system to prevent people from "abusing" it. Seems many corporations and rich people have been abusing the system to get richer. Should we allow no more government subsidies and tax credits? The "abuse" of the system is a weak argument and cutting funds is not how you deal with it. You [i][b]reform[/b][/i] the system if the problem arise, but cutting a program is not productive (as you well can see). I find interesting how you can see the effects of the cuts on your own family and because of your political leanings, you still accept it. Typical. [/QUOTE]
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