Republicans Don't Support Veterans

The Republican Three-Card Monty trick is in play again, this time they're about to reward those who fought for our freedoms by jacking up their insurance rates by over 300%. This is not a typo, I really said three-hundred percent.

The justification is the Pentagon wants to slow it's medical expenses. So instead of buying less bombers, jets or ships, the Bush Administration will raise the insurance premiums on veterans.

"The proposed increases would mean that the annual health insurance premium for a retired office under age 65 with family coverage would triple--rising from $460 to $1,400--by 2008. Premiums in the next two years foa retired office with single coverage would jump from $230 to $700."

Isn't that special.

This plan was hidden away in the 2006 Budget request of the President. That would be George W. Bush. The commander-in-chief. The "Mission Accomplished" guy.

Isn't it interesting that during election campaigns and any opportunity to wave the flag, Republicans trapse out the "we support the military" line and now they're raising insurance premiums on veterans so they can fund more Pentagon programs.

Now we see what the president and his administration really think about veterans. They're just another entitlement group sucking money out of the Pentagon's pockets that must be stopped.