The VA Scandal Is Rooted In the Delusional Republican Belief That Wars Are Free

Republicans don’t seem to understand relativity, causation, or math.

They claim that the problem at the Veterans Administration (VA) isn’t one of not spending enough, because the budget has gone up. This is cover for Congress giving Obama less than he asked for, and reminiscent of their argument that their refusal to fund embassy security to Hillary Clinton’s request had nothing to do with the failure of security, even though she warned them that such a thing could happen.

When the GOP fingers start pointing, their “responsibility” is negated before it’s even argued. To wit, Hot Air tries to argue that since budgets have gone up, the problem at the VA isn’t a lack of resources.

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Yes, the budget has gone up. Any guesses as to why? Do you suppose two wars started by the Republican President have anything to do with increasing budgets for the Veterans Administration? Aw, shucks. It can’t be, because wars are free. Bush told us so when he left them off of the budget.

Hot Air then tried to blame Obama for the 2009 budget since he “signed” it, but it was Bush’s budget — drafted under Bush before Obama ever took office, and implemented before Obama took office. Bush proposed spending $3.1 trillion (“not including TARP, Other Bailouts, And Other Emergency Spending”) in 2009 and he signed all of the spending bills. Federal spending rose by 17.9% from $2.98 trillion to $3.52 trillion. In other words, Bush spent the money. Not Obama.

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