President Proposes Unrealistic Cuts to Veteran's Health
by Matt Lewis, 2/13/2007
The Bush budget plays games with funding for veteran's health care. The Washington Post reports:
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's budget assumes cuts to funding for veterans' health care two years from now _ even as badly wounded troops returning from Iraq could overwhelm the system.
Bush is using the cuts, critics say, to help fulfill his pledge to balance the budget by 2012. But even administration allies say the numbers are not real and are being used to make the overall budget picture look better.
