Capitol Report: Veterans Affairs Sec. to resign (WI)

[iwishiwas]

...Capitol Report: Veterans Affairs Sec. to resign

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Privitise a vets home. good grief. more crap from Walker and his repug poodles.
No doubt he and and dictator Walker had words!!

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/blog/article_6e2b6438-594d-11e0-bd96-001cc4c03286.html


Capitol Report: Veterans Affairs Sec. to resign

JESSICA VANEGEREN|The Capital Times |[e-mail] madison.com | (5) Comments | Posted: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:05 am


..................Black's announcement also comes days after Black criticized Republican Gov. Scott Walker's budget for the Veterans Department.

In a letter posted earlier this month, Black says the budget does not reflect the state's historic "commitment to provide the benefits and services our veterans need and deserve."

On the website, Black says he is concerned the budget does not act to preserve the Veterans Trust Fund, where officials have known for years that earnings can't keep pace with service demands, by providing more money for veterans' services.

Instead, funds dedicated to the state's nursing homes for veterans would be diverted to subsidize other services and fill the trust fund deficit, he says, and funding for veterans assistance programs would be cut by 53 percent.

He also was critical of Walker's proposal to privatize a new veterans' home in Chippewa Falls.

Previously, Black was the deputy and acting secretary and the division administrator for the department's division of veterans' benefits. Black served 22 years on active duty with the U.S. Army.............

[BR_Parkway]

1. Wow Gov. Walker - you just did what's probably the only thing to make the last 12%

Wow Gov. Walker - you just did what's probably the only thing to make the last 12% of your supporters hate your guts!! Turn a Veteran's Home into a profit making enterprise to one of your cronies and gut the Veteran's Trust Fund so you can give more tax breaks to the Rich?

[charmay]

3. To republicans,

nothing is sacred. Privatize and demoralize.

[iwishiwas]

5. Even Republicans will not like this (I hope).

[crickets]

2. Way to support the troops, Walker. -nt

[Mister Ed]

4. Remember the miserable conditions imposed on our vets after privatizations at Walter Reed? n/t