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Thanks Obama!

Haha, I know you're saying that tongue in cheek, but let me honestly ask: what has any president done to create the current economic successes?

More importantly, let me also ask, what bubble are we denying or neglecting? Besides student loans that is...

The Bond Market Bubble.

That's interesting and honestly a weak area for me. Can you delve more into that?

No. I am not well versed in Bonds.

I repeat what the experts tell me and they tell me Bubble, big bubble.

j/c


[Gozer the Gozerian]: "Choose the form of the destructor..."

[Americans]: *trying to empty their minds

[Gozer]: "The choice is made. The Traveller has come-"

When I see that photo all I can hear is Democrates running around screaming "The sky is falling, the sky is falling"

I love our vets ... glad the trumpster does too ... good job Donnie ...

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/trump-si...97#.WZIRibEpChA

Trump signs $3.9 billion VA funding bill to avert crisis for Choice program

By NIKKI WENTLING | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: August 12, 2017

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a $3.9 billion funding deal for the Department of Veterans Affairs that will shore up the nearly bankrupt Veterans Choice Program and allow the VA to open 28 new clinics and implement new hiring programs.

Trump signed the bill in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he’s staying at his golf club on what he’s called a 17-day “working vacation.” The bill — a compromise created and supported by Democrats and Republicans — will provide $2.1 billion to the Choice program, which allows veterans to seek care outside of the VA. It will also invest $1.8 billion into hiring health care providers and leasing new clinics.

Without congressional action, the Choice program was expected to be depleted of money by mid-August, which VA leaders said would’ve led to layoffs and interrupted medical care for thousands of veterans.

“This bill will ensure veterans will continue to have the ability to see the doctor of their choice. So important,” Trump said. “Our great veterans deserve only the best and that’s what they’re getting.”

Shulkin first warned lawmakers about the unexpected funding shortage in the Choice program in June. He attributed the shortfall to the program’s increased popularity. On Saturday, he said the VA has authorized 15 million appointments through its community care programs since the start of the year. The $2.1 billion is expected to keep it going for the next six months.

“This bill will ensure veterans will continue to have the ability to see the doctor of their choice. So important,” Trump said. “Our great veterans deserve only the best and that’s what they’re getting.”

But Trump turned his attention to the VA during his speech at Bedminster, where VA Secretary David Shulkin and leaders of veterans service organizations joined the president for the bill signing.

Shulkin first warned lawmakers about the unexpected funding shortage in the Choice program in June. He attributed the shortfall to the program’s increased popularity. On Saturday, he said the VA has authorized 15 million appointments through its community care programs since the start of the year. The $2.1 billion is expected to keep it going for the next six months.

During that time, Congress, the VA and veterans service organizations are planning to work on a broad reform of how veterans receive care in the private sector.

“This is really a temporary fix,” Shulkin said Saturday. “We have more work to do with Congress. We have to collapse eight different ways of paying for community care into a single program, and simplify it.”

But the bill signals a challenge for Shulkin in gaining support for his ideas to change community care programs. An original version of the bill that provided only funding for Choice -- without the $1.8 billion for hiring and clinics -- was shot down by the House after veterans organizations said it prioritized private-sector care while neglecting VA services.

The version that Trump signed Saturday also invests in VA clinics and personnel and passed unanimously in the House and Senate. Lawmakers in both chambers praised it as an example of what can be done when both parties come together.

The eight organizations that spoke against the initial bill said it was an indicator of VA care sliding too far into the private sector. In a statement, they said the final bill “avoided an unnecessary crisis” and “made critically important investments in VA health care.”

But the conservative group Concerned Veterans for America, which has advocated for a government-chartered nonprofit to run VA medical programs, criticized the groups and how the process was handled in Congress.

“This legislative process was classic DC swamp behavior, and now this bill is $1.8 billion more expensive than it needed to be,” CVA Policy Director Dan Caldwell said in a statement. “What we saw was a preview of how proponents of restricting veterans’ health care choice will behave in upcoming months as Congress works on broader reform.”

CVA launched a campaign last week against Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., who spoke against the original bill on the House floor. The group claims Walz “stood between veterans and their health care.”

Walz was part of the bipartisan group of lawmakers who came together after the original bill failed and created the deal that Trump signed Saturday.

Shulkin made a point to say Saturday the bill was bipartisan. After Trump praised Republican lawmakers Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee, Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia and Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada during his speech, he beckoned Shulkin to the microphone, who thanked Walz and another Democrat, Sen. Jon Tester of Montana.

“It was very, very tough for reasons that I guess I understand, but it was not easy,” Trump said. “I will tell you Phil, Johnny and Dean worked very hard to get it through. Also, by the way, I can also say others, and even some Democrats.”

After Shulkin said Walz and Tester were key in passing the legislation, Trump said: “See, I can do it.”

With the signing, the VA can now implement a series of provisions to improve hiring for some of the agency’s approximately 49,000 vacancies.

The VA is also now authorized to open two new clinics in Gainesville, Fla., in addition to new clinics in Pike County, Ga.; Pittsburgh; Birmingham, Ala., and Santa Rosa and Oxnard, Calif.

Replacement clinics will be opened in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Charleston, S.C.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Daytona Beach, Fla.; Fredericksburg and Hampton Roads, Va.; Indianapolis; Jacksonville, Fla.; Missoula, Mont.; northern Colorado; Ocala, Fla.; Portland, Maine; Raleigh, N.C.; Rochester, N.Y.; San Diego; Tampa and Lakeland, Fla.; Terre Haute, Ind., and Rapid City, S.D.

New research space will be opened in Boston and a replacement business office opened in Denver.

Two other VA-related bills are awaiting Trump’s signature. On Friday, the House sent Trump a bill to reform the process veterans use to appeal denials of their claims for benefits. The bill aims to shorten the amount of time veterans wait for decisions, which now averages six years.

A large expansion of veterans education benefits – the “Forever GI Bill” -- was also sent to Trump’s desk Aug. 2.

I can get totally behind this.

My ace homeboy is retired from the USAF. Full bird Colonel. Medical Services. 9 months after he retired, he was called upon by POTUS 44's admin to head up a VA hospital here in the midwest. On our many talks, he told me of the backlog, the awkward setups, the inefficiency.

One of his first assignments was a head-slamming session with other VA admins to begin the process of streamlining the system for better administration of services. Lots of great ideas came from those pow-wows, and a number of remedial initiatives began. That was 3 years ago.

It's really good to see the new admin bolstering those earlier efforts with initiatives of their own. Most of these projects are massive, and live beyond and through several admin changes. Nice to see the 45 admin continue to tote the rock.

Continuity be a good thang, yo-

Thats one of the problems Clem ... theres no continuity in a lot of important things ... very happy Obama got the ball rolling on this and glad trump is pushing it a little further .... and thanks for enlightening me on that one ... very cool info ... thanks for sharing ...

Look at almost every other issue ... we obviously see most of these things differently, I'm just making the point that its hard to live when our goverment has such differences in how we run things ....

- regulations .... Obama regulated the heck out of everything ... Trump is now de-regulating the hell out of everything ...

- illegal immagration ... Obama wanted to let everyone in and Trump wants a wall ...

- military spending ... Obama wanted to cut back ... Trump wants to spend tons more ...

The list is endless ...

How do we as a people live a consistent life when our presidents and goverment officials keep playing ping pong on things that affect our every day life ....

We got a mess ... and all our leaders are doing is pointing fingers at the other side ...

What are we to do ...

I wanted to say - yo after that but i didn't think i could pull it off ... *L* ...

Well, if you look at my overall voting record, that's what one might think.. I've always just voted for what I felt was the better person.,.. or at least the one best suited for the job.

FYI, I am a registered Republican

No arguments at all about the mess. We might disagree on the details (who/why, etc), but not the big picture.

I'm just gonna spend an extra moment enjoying this one item that seems to be working. Lord knows there will be plenty of chaos and heartache wailing for me when that moment is over...

Hmm...let's see if I can remember them all. So, in 8 months we have seen:

Russian scandal being investigated by the FBI and CIA, unconstitutional travel ban on a specific religion and culture, firings and resignations of top cabinet members, a bitterly divided country turning violent and murderous, white supremacists groups feeling energized by the President, the free press being pushed out of conferences and being disrespected and threatened, threats of nuclear war with North Korea, threats of military involvement with Venezuela, a massive bomb dropped in Afghanistan, a bombing raid in Syria, immature and disgusting tweets that one wouldn't even expect nor tolerate from a 13 year old, pulling out of the Paris Climate Treaty, HealthCare Reform fail (which the Republicans campaigned on for 7 years!), tweeting that transgenders cannot serve in the military without speaking with your military commanders, our allies publicly question our motivations and our unity, the rest of the world looking at us in horror/disrespect and disbelief.

But, this is apparently how one makes "America Great Again".

How open-minded of you.

And you are a teacher?

It's called stating the obvious.

You love to bully don't you? You just go from one person and one thread to another in here. Does it make you feel like a man? Alpha dog? Are you going to post how well endowed you are? I mean you already have a few times in here. Are you going to respond by saying insulting,disgusting things to me like you did to Eve when she irritated you? Or, are you going to threaten me with violence as you have to others in here? Did you bully your students too?

Get a life and grow up, dude.

Wow!

You made a one-sided, narrow-minded post that did not list one positive thing that Trump has accomplished.

When called on it, you resort to nothing but insults.

You accusing others of being insulting is hilarious.

Okay Teach, let's look at what was said:

You said:




I said:




You said:




Look at it, Teach! Wanna send this to your school board? See what they think? Keep flapping those gums, Teach!

Resorting to threats now are we? Yawn. And, here I was expecting you to threaten to beat me up. Remind us all again what you said to Eve in that thread that the refs determined was so offensive they deleted it?

Good night and good bye, Vers. I am done. As you once said to me...."enjoy your life". Believe it or not, I mean it.

Much like American society....this board has descended into a mess and at times it is revolting and things said that go against every fibre of my being. Personally, I think it would be better if it were just football and this entire political section were deleted. The nastiness is ridiculous, I'm done contributing to it and life is too short. I'll let you all have at it. Enjoy playing peacemaker in here. And, enjoy sparring with the next person who irritates you because I'm sure they will eventually show their face. However, I'm going to enjoy my life doing other things. I went for a nice long hike today with my dogs...it was beautiful, not too hot and the smoke from the forest fires has disappeared. Very nice. I recommend it.

In the meantime, orange and brown forever.

Go Browns!

Don't worry. I won't pursue it as long as you shut the hell up w/your constant attacks on my character.

You are the one who has been hurling constant insults. Not me.

I simply spoke to my disbelief that you could not find one single good thing Trump has done. You got butt hurt and resorted to your typical personal attacks and bringing up false history.

I really don't wanna bash Eve, because she is way tougher than you, but I posted a couple of articles about Thomas Jefferson in a reply to 40. He had slaves even though he said "All men are created equal." Eve called me ignorant. Said she couldn't believe I was a school teacher. She said I had a small penis...LOL...I responded in kind. Yet, you act like it was all my fault. Pffftttt.........Eve could kick your ass! No doubt in my mind. I'm okay w/Eve. We can fight but it ain't all that personal. Neither of us are as sensitive as some of you.

Y'all dragging me into this. I dish it out a lot, so I expect it thrown back at me. Vers is right, I did say he has mouse balls, so thats why he said what he said. No big deal. I dont hold grudges.

Thanks Eve.............not for the Mouse Balls comment....LOL....but for speaking up.

It's all good, sister.

President Trump is doing all he can for the American people and as a result the economy is on fire with the stock market reaching new all time highs once every four days! In nearly every economic category the US economy is improving under President Trump. In addition, President Trump has implemented numerous executive actions that he promised he would do when running for office. The US is in much better shape in only six months. Americans have hope again due to the real changes this President instituted from the economy to immigration.

Read the entire long list of Trump Accomplishments here...
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/...be-great-again/

It's funny how conservative networks make sure to mention the stock market and not other aspects of the economy.

Because they know he had nothing to do with it.

Thanks, obama!!! For making sure America CONTINUES to be great!!!

Once again your hate blinds you to the truth.
Trumps arrival and push for less regulations, business growth, lower taxes and more stimulated the growth of the Stock Market and company earnings have kept it high and now have formed a foundation for it. It was all his doing and now earnings will take it from here.

You said the same nonsense at the beginning of his term.

Until we found out that most of the business growth was planned while Obama was president.

But I'm sure you still think trump saved the carrier and ford jobs too... oh wait.

You're funny.

Get that from Yahoo or CNN or MSNBC?

Jill Newslady?

I do find it amazing that the Trumpster has come through on many of his campaign promises so far in spite of the Democrats refusing to work with him, the Establishment Republicans working against him, the News Media hating him and working to make everything he says and does to look bad, the attempted coup from our intelligence agencies with leaks from the NSA, CIA and FBI all working against him.

His every personal call to and from other world leaders being leaked, Federal Judges overriding the Executive Branch at every turn even as the Supremes tell them to knock it off.

Imagine where we could be as a Nation if he just had some cooperation. Just some.

defeat ISIS: no
Tax reform: no
Health Care reform: no
border wall that mexico is paying for: no.

but white supremacist are making a major push in an attempt to "Take america back", so i guess that's a win for Trump.

Your hate blinds you to the fact he accomplished all these things in 6 months and will most likely accomplish the things you list, and others, during the coming years.

Even a blinded by hate squirrel can find a little patience now and then.

i don't hate trump. i just think he's completely unfit for the job.

and you don't even know if he will make it to 2020.

the man can't even keep people on his staff longer than 6 months, yet i'm suppose to believe he'll accomplish anything?

when he stops tweeting at 3 in the morning, then maybe i'll give him the benefit of the doubt. but i doubt that will happen anytime soon.

dude has spent more time playing golf and hang out in trump tower than actually leading the nation.

jc

MAWA Trump! Trump! Trump!... gmab

Why must you resort to telling lies?

How is it a lie? Talking out the side of your neck again.

They are NOT making a major push to taking America back. In fact, the opposite is true.

Get freaking real.

So the white supremacist weren't energenized this past election season? This is one of the largest gatherings in a long time.

A major push doesn't mean they are succeeding. It means they are attempting to gain a lot of numbers. I've posted before that his election season was gonna see one last major push for groups like white nationalist before they go extinct.

Will they succeed or will they finally die off? We don't know that yet. So far they got a major win since, according to them, they helped trump get into office.

Ive been real. You're just oblivious and gullible.