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November 27, 2007
Dems Divert Vet Benefits to Foreigners
Posted by Dave Blount at November 27, 2007 9:58 AM
The new Democrat-controlled Congress's jarringly low approval rating isn't hard to understand, in light of abominations like the Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007 (H.R. 760). As revealed by Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), this outrage promises to
provide full veterans' status to World War II era Filipino soldiers and even their survivors.
This would include pay for service related disabilities, survivor pay for service-connected deaths, as well as pensions and death benefits.
Those who are living in the Philippines, and are not U.S. citizens, would receive $6,000 to $8,400. Low-income widows would receive $3,600.
[…] VA Committee Chairman Bob Filner, D-Calif., was determined to pass the Filipino Veterans Equity Act. When the exchanges between the chairman and ranking member (and former chairman) Steve Buyer, R-Ind., became too heated, Filner ordered a recess to plot strategy with the Democratic majority.
The measure passed on a straight party-line vote and Filner refused to recognize any additional Republican amendments.
Kudos to Filipino vets for fighting the imperial Japanese, but they were fighting for their own country, not ours. What's next: making the entire planet eligible for Social Security benefits?
You might wonder how the Dems plan to pay for their extravagant largesse. Here's how:
Democrats on the Veterans Committee voted to save nearly $1 billion by eliminating a $2,200 special monthly payment to veterans who are less than 100 percent disabled, but 60 percent or greater disabled.
That is, they have decided to take money from American vets to give to vets of another country. It looks like Democrats do support the troops — just not our troops.
On a tip from Bill.
