That there is currently no replacement for Shinseki sitting in his seat prepared to fix things. His resignation was a mistake though it was inevitable once a bunch of Dems jumped on board.

Benghazi and Bowe.

in which they have been voting down for a few years now. They want wars everywhere but don't want to take care of our troops after they are injured in fighting those wars. We don't have the money to take care of our veterans now but we have money to fight another war, really sensible.

about Veterans, they just wanted a scandal and resignation.

Here's my question.

Why are people, especially vets, just sitting back and taking it?

now nothing will happen to improve the situation at the VA until the next witch hunt.

as far as the news is concerned. In the meantime, the VA Hospital system goes right on denying veterans healthcare and nobody pays any further attention.

That's why I was opposed to forcing Shinseki to resign. It did nothing but take the story out of the news, which pleases the Republicans, since their refusal to fund the VA hospital system properly is the cause of the problem. There's an election coming, you know.

VA funding has gone up every year. Obama has never made a complaint that the VA was not funded. In fact Friday he said the opposite:

When it came to funding, we’ve increased funding for VA services in an unprecedented fashion because we understood that it’s not enough just to give lip service to our veterans but not being willing to put our money where our mouth is.

As secretary of the VA, he presided over record investments in our veterans, ...

And under his leadership, we have seen more progress on more fronts at the VA and a bigger investment in the VA than just about any other VA secretary,...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-obamas-remarks-on-resignation-of-va-secretary-eric-shinseki/2014/05/30/92cd831a-e80c-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html

Not once did Obama blame the budget. But on this board that is the only thing people are blaming. Obama blamed the culture at the VA and he is right.

What do you know that Obama doesn't?

would actually improve the service of the VA to veterans. Yes, the budget has increased, but the actual service to veterans has diminished. Inflation has required budget increases, just to stay static.

The demand on VA medical services has increased far beyond the budget increases. Staffing has not been increased to handle that increase, and other needs have not been funded adequately.

It's not Obama's fault. He can't create budget bills.

Obama has not made any complaints about VA funding since 2009. He certainly has complained when other bills were not passed or funded. If we accept your view he is just a spectator sitting in the Oval Office. The fact is he is saying the exact opposite of what you are saying in your posts.

See this:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/21/1300939/-Republicans-outraged-over-treatment-of-veterans-filibustered-better-healthcare-for-vets-in-February

Senate GOP Blocked Legislation Expanding Veterans Health Care

In February, Senate GOP Blocked Bill To Expand Veterans' Health Care, Open 27 New VA Health Facilities. Citing budget concerns, Senate Republicans blocked legislation in February introduced by Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that would have greatly expanded health care and education programs for veterans and allowed the VA to open 27 new health facilities

http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/05/23/flashback-mainstream-media-largely-ignored-gops/199451

But I agree that Obama and Dems weren't screaming loudly enough at the time. I only saw Bernie Sanders making this an issue in Feb.

hounds some red meat every now and again.

'Til the next VA scandal, when it will all sound like news again.