Jon Stewart Veterans pact act.

[Buford.Justice]

crooksandliars is dishonest and propaganda

[Barbecueboy]

Did you just call them a union shop? That’s foul CW.

[Morgs153]

I'll give Stewart credit for trying to advance this cause, because it is a (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) good cause. But I will not give Stewart a pass on his partisanship and his showmanship. Every time he gets a chance to get in front of a camera it is often a loud, excitable, profanity laced tirade. It's part of his brand I guess.

The truth of this is - the PACT act was initially passed by the Senate, with a lot of support from Republicans. When the PACT act went back to the House, they changed it. They turned it into a discretionary spending bill. This on the heals of the massive spending bill misnamed to reduce inflation. Because the many trillions of dollars spent over the last few years has done so much to reduce inflation as it is, right?

Here is a good excerpt and explanation from a physician with a military background.

So looking at the big picture, it is apparent the democrats snuck in a provision that would allow $400 Billion in additional spending unrelated to veterans benefits into the veterans bill, knowing they could get a public outcry if the bill was blocked because they had so many veterans groups lined up to support the bill, thereby politicizing veterans’ health issues for a quick victory in unrelated spending. Worse, this extra $1 Trillion in spending will likely make inflation worse which will harm the very veterans they purport to be helping. After the surreal embarrassment of August 2021 with the US retreat from Afghanistan, I consider this the second Democrat insult to Afghanistan and Iraq veterans in a year. This should have been a ‘clean’ bill with no political strings or tricks attached.

The GOP, for its part, should have anticipated the blowback from the vote and failed to release a public message to expose the truth hidden in the legislation. Hopefully they can remedy the situation ASAP and educate America on what the democrats are doing behind the scenes and what the effects on the US economy and inflation will likely be. That being said, if they can convince the democrats to remove the insane budget ‘fat’ from the bill and turn the PACT Act into a clean bill devoid of any political pork, they should support it so the veterans can receive help and the House and Senate can return to important issues such as fixing the US economy.

John Hughes, MD

Emergency Physician

USMA Class of 1996 (#1 graduate)

3rd Generation West Pointer

4 combat tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan