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2009-03-17 Home Front Economy
Obama mulls making vets foot bill for service injuries
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Posted by Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 2009-03-17 10:23|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found Obamas approval rating falling to 59 percent from 64 percent in February. It also found the ranks of Americans who disapprove of his job performance rising, to 26 percent from 17 percent.

BS.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 37% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-two percent (32%) now Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +5 (see trends).

Overall, 56% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far while 43% disapprove. ... Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 41.1% Democrats, 33.0% Republicans, and 25.9% unaffiliated.
Posted by ed 2009-03-17 11:23||   2009-03-17 11:23|| Front Page Top

#2 He really is trying to get us all killed, isn't he?
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-17 11:56||   2009-03-17 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 More Barry, more, more, more! We must hear more your wisdom oh exhaulted one.
Posted by Besoeker  2009-03-17 12:12||   2009-03-17 12:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Trial balloon. A lead one. If he tries it, he'll get crushed like a bug.
Posted by tu3031 2009-03-17 12:15||   2009-03-17 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5  Even suggesting that vets pay for their service injuries is preposterous. This signals Obama has started open season on kissing up to his base of military haters (in exchange for their silence about the 50 thousand troops he'll leave in Iraq to get maimed and captured).
Perhaps hes lumping vets in with Gitmo terrorists, just hoping all of us will just go away?
Meanwhile, back at the O-K Corral, hes losing/lost respect of his moderate supporters. He only panders to what the farthest lefties think.
Posted by CitiGirl 2009-03-17 12:28||   2009-03-17 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder how many Democrats who are veterans will still vote for him in 2012. Sounds sucidal to me.
Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-03-17 12:33||   2009-03-17 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Obama claims he's not going to raise our taxes if we make less than $250K/yr. But he is planning to raise our insurance costs, raise our electric bills, etc. Either way, we lose.
Posted by Darrell 2009-03-17 12:42||   2009-03-17 12:42|| Front Page Top

#8 (cut to) Merkin Muffley stroking his chin: "Hmmmmm..."
Posted by mojo 2009-03-17 12:43||   2009-03-17 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Oregon, good point, how much press is this getting? so far ive seen it on cnn and this post. IMHO, it seems good to get the word out on this amongst us citizens, because i feel like this isnt getting nearly the attention it deserves.
Posted by CitiGirl 2009-03-17 12:52||   2009-03-17 12:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Will Shinseki resign his VA Sec'ty position or will he suck up and stay on to further dishonor himself?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2009-03-17 13:08||   2009-03-17 13:08|| Front Page Top

#11 IMA bet my newest commemorative Barry plate and matching coin set with red velvet crescent moon shadow box, that Shinseki stays on Frank.
Posted by Besoeker  2009-03-17 13:13||   2009-03-17 13:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Pelosi should get NO more "taxi service" flights across the country from the military. If anyone is injured hauling here ass around the country, they are not covered. If they have to use private insurance, she uses private airlines.
Posted by Waldemar Omomonter3841 2009-03-17 13:20||   2009-03-17 13:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Be ok with me if Peloosi takes THIS one home every week end, as long as she buys the gas and does the driving. One ole goat for another. Fair swap I'd say.
Posted by Besoeker  2009-03-17 13:38||   2009-03-17 13:38|| Front Page Top

#14 Mark Levin had an interesting take on this move as a political ploy to increase public support for socialized medicine in two parts: 1.) the expansion of SCHIP to those who could afford private coverage several weeks ago would increase dependence on state run health care programs; 2.) requiring private insurance to pay for veterans' treatment would not only crush the private sector companies providing the care financially, but would have the side "benefit" of stories of veterans complaining about private healthcare's inadequacies.
Posted by mjhlaw 2009-03-17 13:40||   2009-03-17 13:40|| Front Page Top

#15 I wonder of this extends to the secret service - you know the guys who are supposed to 'take a bullet' to protect the President.
Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-17 13:41||   2009-03-17 13:41|| Front Page Top

#16 "The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency that falls under the United States Department of Homeland Security" - Wiki. Used to be under Treasury Department till 2003. Theyre covered, always. Secret Service would be the last ones to lose coverage.
Posted by CitiGirl 2009-03-17 14:30||   2009-03-17 14:30|| Front Page Top

#17 We had this article a few days ago. Shinseki is already on record as saying this is something the VA is considering.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-03-17 15:20||   2009-03-17 15:20|| Front Page Top

#18 I doubt any of this is even half what we think. Do you really think O would make vets go out of pocket? This is a oppo wet dream.
Posted by Shipman 2009-03-17 15:33|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net]  2009-03-17 15:33|| Front Page Top

#19 Obama (pbho) is going to do everything he can to force us to beg for socialized medicine.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-03-17 15:37||   2009-03-17 15:37|| Front Page Top

#20 Shipman,
I think youre right, this seems like a strongarm technique to make in-roads towards Nationalized Healthcare. If a few hundred or thousands of Vets die by neglect in the process, they already signed up to get themselves killed for the US, so cannon meet fodder. Its so insidious, but I think this is small part of a disgusting larger design.
Posted by CitiGirl 2009-03-17 15:49||   2009-03-17 15:49|| Front Page Top

#21 oops, meant to reply to nimble. sorry:-)
Posted by CitiGirl 2009-03-17 15:49||   2009-03-17 15:49|| Front Page Top

#22 Wasn't it Truman who had 'The Buck Stops Here". Obama has "Don't let a crisis go to waste".

Even if he has to create it himself.

(and thanks CitiGirl....)
Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-17 15:51||   2009-03-17 15:51|| Front Page Top

#23 I haven't read the full article (why bother when I can read the comments here on Rantburg?), but I do believe that this is just a trial balloon so that Barry can withdraw it and say that it was Shinseki's stupid idea. Even Patty Murray (D-Wash) attacked it.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia  2009-03-17 17:34||   2009-03-17 17:34|| Front Page Top

#24 My 2 cents, the fool just tacked a target on his back, he may not live long with this kind of stupidity spewing out of his mouth.

The phrases "Too stupid to live", and "Some folks just need killin", both come to mind, and HE DID IT TO HIMSELF.
Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim  2009-03-17 18:47||   2009-03-17 18:47|| Front Page Top

#25 "Too stupid to live"

That principle would take out a load of our political ruling class. Too messy. Better to keep people alive and around to remind the usual suspects [those who believe they know better than everyone else] that they have a reason to be embarrassed. Or to paraphrase Mark Twain - man is the only animal that blushes or has a need to.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-17 19:09||   2009-03-17 19:09|| Front Page Top

#26 Outrageous! Our vets and their disabilities need to be taken care of--PERIOD! The insurance companies most likely would say that war-related injuries (in the fine print) are pre-existing conditions and would not pay for them.
Posted by JohnQC 2009-03-17 21:08||   2009-03-17 21:08|| Front Page Top

#27 how much press is this getting? so far ive seen it on cnn and this post.

Deniable trail balloon, I hope. CitiGirl, veterans groups are unhappy, according to Fox News; the American Legion has issued a press release; and, according to CNN, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee has announced he will not allow any such bill out of his committee.

Separately, I hear there's a move to set aside US$10 billion for Madoff victims.
Posted by trailing wife  2009-03-17 21:47||   2009-03-17 21:47|| Front Page Top

#28 Hmm. Is this before or after he taxes health care benefits for all of us (and yes, that option is still on the table, even though he had a field day razzing McCain over that boneheaded idea during the campaign)?

I was raised to always treat veterans with respect, but if I see another one with a "veterans for Obama" bumper sticker on their vehicles, it's gonna be damn difficult to not laugh out loud and point at the sucker.
Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-03-17 22:07||   2009-03-17 22:07|| Front Page Top

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