July 14, 2005

The Veterans Affairs affair Is all Bush's fault

By Noel Sheppard
Well, well, well...the Department of Veterans Affairs has a fiscal 2005 budget deficit due to exploding health care costs.  Imagine that.  A U.S. government agency spent more money than Congress and the president budgeted for it.  Oh the humanity! And whom would you suppose the left is blaming for this dastardly miscalculation? Senator Murray certainly found a culprit:  ''This shortfall results from either deliberate misdirection or gross incompetence by this administration and the Department of Veteran Affairs,' said Sen. Patty Murray, D—Washington.' Don't you just love it when a member of Congress who almost never has voted against an appropriations bill or for a spending reduction refers to budget shortfalls as either being deliberate or indicative of gross incompetence?  How does that pot refer to that kettle again?  Whatever, it appears that the U.S. government isn't immune to rising health care costs, and, like the rest of corporate...(Read Full Article)