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Tanuki

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1. Stealing from elderly veterans to pay for Trump's weekly out-of-town golf junkets

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2017, 03:49 AM

May 2017

and a helipad at Mar-a-larceny.

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VA defends plan to cut thousands of dollars from elderly vets' benefits [View all] yuiyoshida May 2017 OP

Stealing from elderly veterans to pay for Trump's weekly out-of-town golf junkets Tanuki May 2017 #1

Republicans suck... yuiyoshida May 2017 #3

How low can Trump go? pfitz59 May 2017 #2

nope.. yuiyoshida May 2017 #36

On this, Trump is more a symptom than the real disease... Wounded Bear May 2017 #38

Cue that idiot Varney from faux rpannier May 2017 #4

Simply vile. Chemisse May 2017 #5

O.K., Vets not fooled May 2017 #6

I'm a disabled 15 month in-country Vietnam Vet madokie May 2017 #17

Republicans are all for you going to War ... yuiyoshida May 2017 #24

This is terrifying. We will not be able to pay our mortgage if they do this. Silver Gaia May 2017 #7

Oh yeah, I will lose my healthcare, too, if they do this, because it is tied to his VA disability. Silver Gaia May 2017 #11

Every vet who voted for Trump deserves exactly this DFW May 2017 #8

Well, I don't think those vets who didn't vote for Trump are going to somehow be taken care of. Silver Gaia May 2017 #9

I would rather avoid that "lesson" and instead have every American Legion notify its WinkyDink May 2017 #10

That is an excellent suggestion, actually DFW May 2017 #37

Did anyone else find this line disturbing? dansolo May 2017 #12

Yes, it was disturbing. But this would hurt people like me, too, Silver Gaia May 2017 #15

I believe he was only referring to the overall 6% increase in VA budget (not other non-VA cuts) wishstar May 2017 #16

no matter if trumps budget [proceeds or not...we must make use of it for 2018 beachbum bob May 2017 #13

are there still people barbtries May 2017 #14

chickenhawk republicans pissing on America's veterans Achilleaze May 2017 #18

Vets in general tend to vote Ruplican bresue May 2017 #19

My friend Kimi told me yuiyoshida May 2017 #22

Awesome!!! bresue May 2017 #28

Those vets probably diidn't need to turn! Silver Gaia May 2017 #30

Thank you Trump and GOP keithbvadu2 May 2017 #20

I wonder how he would feel if yuiyoshida May 2017 #21

Veterans probably would not be yelling "Russia is our friend". keithbvadu2 May 2017 #35

A lot of these vets vote Republican Thrill May 2017 #23

There are many that are Democrats as well yuiyoshida May 2017 #25

Thank you! Silver Gaia May 2017 #31

you are most welcome yuiyoshida May 2017 #32

I figured that the event at a VA hospital your friend witnessed must have been at the SF VA hospital Silver Gaia May 2017 #33

Yup yuiyoshida May 2017 #34

Death Panels are alive and well at the VA. lpbk2713 May 2017 #26

and to drive Veterans to be homeless yuiyoshida May 2017 #27

Spread this far and wide dalton99a May 2017 #29