George W. Bush - AWOL from Supporting our Troops
Between tax cuts for the rich, war profits for Halliburton, or
support for our troops - which does the Bush Administration choose,
time and time again?
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Bush Administration cuts $1.5 billion from military family
housing. The Bush Administration cut $1.5 billion for military family
housing, despite Department of Defense statistics showing that in
83,000 barracks and 128,860 family housing units across the country
are below standard. ("Nothing But Lip Service," Army Times, June 30,
2003; "House Appropriations Committee Approves $59.2 Million for Ft.
Hood," U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards Press Release, June 17, 2003)
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Bush Republicans support millionaires instead of military
veterans. Bush allies in Congress stopped efforts to scale back the
tax cut for the nation's millionaires by just five percent - a loss
of just $4,780 for the year - in order to restore this funding for
military family housing. ("The Tax Debate Nobody Hears About,"
Washington Post, June 17, 2003)
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Bush Administration underfunded veterans' health care by $2
billion. The Bush Administration's 2004 budget underfunded veterans'
health care by nearly $2 billion. ("Vets Health Low on Bush's
Priority List," The Hill, September 17, 2003; "Support for Troops
Questioned," Washington Post, June 17, 2003; U.S. Department of
Veterans' Affairs, September 2002)
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Bush Administration proposal would end health care benefits for
173,000 veterans. More than 173,000 veterans across the country would
be cut off from health care because of Bush Administration proposed
budget cuts and its plan requiring enrollment fees and higher
out-of-pocket costs. ("Support for Troops Questioned," Washington
Post, June 17, 2003)
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Bush Administration budget cuts force more than 200,000
veterans to wait for health care. Over 200,000 United States veterans
have to wait more than six months for a medical visit because of
health care shortages. ("VA Health Care Funding Alert," Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States Press Release, January 31, 2003)
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Bush Administration opposed plan to give National Guard and
Reserve Members access to health insurance. Despite the war efforts
of America's National Guard and Reserve Members, the Bush
Administration announced in October 2003 its formal opposition to
give the 1.2 million Guard and Reserve members the right to buy
health care coverage through the Pentagon's health plan. One out of
every five Guard members lacks health insurance. ("Bush Opposes
Health Plan for National Guard," Gannett News Service, October 23,
2003)
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Bush Administration cuts $172 million allotted for educating
the children of military personnel. The Bush Administration's 2004
budget cut $172 million of impact aid funding. Impact aid funding
assists school districts by making up for lost local tax revenue from
tax-exempt property, such as military bases. These education cuts
will especially affect school-age children of troops serving in Iraq
who reside on military bases. ("Support for Troops Questioned,"
Washington Post, June 17, 2003)
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Bush Administration tax cut denies military families increase
in child tax credit. The families of 262,000 children of military
personnel do not receive the child tax credit increase because the
plan fails to cover taxpaying families with incomes between $10,500
and $26,625. According to The Washington Post, the House version of
the Bush Administration plan "wouldn't help many of those serving in
Iraq." One solider who will not benefit is Army Specialist Shoshana
Johnson, the soldier and single mother who was wounded twice in the
same convoy as Jessica Lynch. ("Ex-POW's Family Accuses Army of
Double Standard on Benefit," Washington Post, October 24, 2003; "The
New Senate Child Credit Legislation - What It Does and Does Not Do,"
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 25, 2003; "Whose Child
Is Left Behind," Children's Defense Fund, July 23, 2003)
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