Originally Posted By Dabob2 Well, you thought Tom's reiteration of Obama's proposal was a "great plan" - did you think it was free? And the STFU comment was unwarranted. But at least you didn't try to take credit for comments that weren't your own this time.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< What in this world would be wrong with simply attributing something where attribution is due? Saying "here's good advice I found online" and giving the link and/or printing it here along with the link, rather than trying to pass it off as your own? Geez. >>> And it's even worse than that, since the article was written in the first person, using terms like "my" and "I" to refer to the author's own personal military service experience. Anyone reading post #12 would be led to believe that 182 was talking about his own experience. I had a different clue that something was wrong with that post. For a minute there, it almost sounded like 182 was saying that government-provided and government-paid-for health care was a good thing.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <it is a great plan just not worth 50,000 per veteran.> Of course, the proposal included more than just the national parks thing. But perhaps you can find someone explaining why the proposal is not a good idea and pass it off as your own thoughts.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Not paid for??? The GOP thinks things should be paid for? The whole reason we're in the financial mess we are now is because the Republicans funded two wars on a credit card. They cut taxes knowing that it would result in a deficit, when we were running a surplus when they took over. Heck, even Romney's company finances their takeovers and buyouts instead of paying cash, which forces a lot of them into liquidation because they can't afford the debt payments Bain dumped on them. The GOP has no space to talk about making sure things are paid for.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Skinnerbox shut the F$#! up.>> Where do you come off using language like that at me, after throwing one hissy fit after another about me taking personal shots at you? You are a hypocrite. <<Help fpr veterans has and is a very bipartisan issue.Can you be honest with yourself for just this issue and not make it about Dems and Reps. Please ??????>> If these issues became partisan it was because of the REPUBLICANS!! Republicans used to work together with Democrats on issues such as helping veterans. But since Obama took office, nope. Sorry. No can do. Not gonna happen. We can't go there. Because it will help the Dems and Obama politically. So the vets will just have to suck it up and take one for the team while the GOP blocks legislation and obstructs Congressional work while pointing their bony white old man fingers at the Dems and blaming them for a do-nothing Congress. Which folks like you, Donny, via your Fox News adoration, believe with every fiber of your being. "The measure, which would have potentially created jobs for up to 20,000 veterans, was blocked on a procedural point by Republicans, who argued that the bill was unpaid for." You're being totally disingenuous with that quote, Donny. TRY FINISHING THE REST OF THE PARAGRAPH! Here's how the entire paragraph appears in the article: "The measure, which would have potentially created jobs for up to 20,000 veterans, was blocked on a procedural point by Republicans, who argued that the bill was unpaid for. Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat and the bill’s main sponsor, said the bill would have covered the costs in part with fees on Medicare providers and suppliers who are delinquent on their tax bills." The bill would be paid for, genius, through penalties levied against delinquent Medicare providers. The Republicans blocked passage of the bill and whined that it wouldn't be paid for, when in reality, the funds were found to pay for most of the bill. The Republicans blocked this bill, as usual, because of partisan politics. And yet there you are, a veteran, who refuses to accept the cold hard reality that YOUR PARTY is the sole reason why Congress hasn't been able to get anything done for almost four years! Take your sanctimonious attitude and half lies about the GOP, Donny, and shove them you-know-where. Any veteran who votes these clowns back in office is an IDIOT.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox I've asked this question before and got completely ignored. But it's worth asking again. Donny... did you get any special consideration in applying for any of your government jobs because you're a veteran? Did you get any of your government jobs through a veteran's job program? I remember reading about states receiving Federal funds for hiring veterans to work in state government positions, like IT departments, through some program the Obama administration put in place in 2009. One of those states was Florida. Given that Donny has almost always worked for the government in some capacity most of his adult life, it does make me wonder if he's getting these jobs via veterans programs. He probably is, given how difficult it is for Joe Schmoe off the street to get one, because of the good pay and great benefits.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox The light dawns. Donny... are you officially classified as a disabled veteran, because of your knee injury? That would easily explain how you're getting these "terrific" government jobs, as you've referred to them before.
Originally Posted By 182 You know to be honest I don't know if the State gets anything for hiring me but what I do know that the job wasnt givin to me because of how I was born but the service and self that I gave to my country.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Is that a yes or a no, Donny? Did you get your government jobs directly through your status of being a veteran, especially a disabled veteran?
Originally Posted By TomSawyer I know that here in my state veterans get extra "points" when they are applying for a job that give them an advantage when everything else is the same.
