Not Just a Bad Budget Deal, A Shameful One

Visit our News page Not Just a Bad Budget Deal, A Shameful One By Brigitte Gabriel Policymakers in Washington DC have reached a new low with the latest budget deal. It is not only bad: it is shameful. The deal does NOT cut overall spending. It doesn't even cut the rate of growth of spending. It scraps $63 billion of existing planned spending cuts and replaces them with likely hollow promises of $22 billion in deficit reduction over the next 10 years. But the deal contains something else: $6 billion in cuts to military pensions, including cost of living adjustments to disabled veterans. That's right, the only real cuts are to wounded warriors. The US government will spend more than $1 trillion in each of the next two years, but Congress couldn't find anything to cut other than our disabled veterans? Keep in mind that this deal comes when, over the past 5 years, America has spent $3.7 trillion on welfare programs. Clearly, years as perfumed princes in the ivory towers of Washington DC have not taught some policymakers about the sacrifices better Americans have made for our freedom. Our friend LTCOL Allen West expressed our feelings aptly on his Facebook page today: It is unconscionable to me that military veterans are being made to carry the burden of wasteful government spending. Now we find out even disabled, wounded warriors will have their pensions cut in this so-called budget deal. Time is running out. I implore you to call your Senators and tell them if they vote for this deal, you will not vote for them ever again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. Box 12765 Pensacola, FL 32591 www.actforamerica.org ACT for America is an issues advocacy organization dedicated to effectively organizing and mobilizing the most powerful grassroots citizen action network in America, a grassroots network committed to informed and coordinated civic action that will lead to public policies that promote America’s national security and the defense of American democratic values against the assault of radical Islam. We are only as strong as our supporters, and your volunteer and financial support is essential to our success. Thank you for helping us make America safer and more secure. The news items, blogs, educational materials and other information in our emails and on our website are only intended to provide information, news and commentary on events and issues related to the threat of radical Islam. Much of this information is based upon media sources, such as the AP wire services, newspapers, magazines, books, online news blog and news services, and radio and television, which we deem to be reliable. However, we have undertaken no independent investigation to verify the accuracy of the information reported by these media sources. We therefore disclaim all liability for false or inaccurate information from these media sources. We also disclaim all liability for the third-party information that may be accessed through the material referenced in our emails or posted on our website. HOW CAN I TELL OTHERS ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Send a personalized version of this message to your friends. HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Click here to give an online donation.