Congress appears ready to slash funding for the research and treatment of brain injuries caused by bomb blasts, an injury that military scientists describe as a signature wound of the Iraq war (my em).
House and Senate versions of the 2007 Defense appropriation bill contain $7 million for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center - half of what the center received last fiscal year.
Proponents of increased funding say they are shocked to see cuts in the treatment of bomb blast injuries in the midst of a war.
"Honestly, they would have loved to have funded it, but there were just so many priorities," says Jenny Manley, spokeswoman for the Senate Appropriations Committee. "They didn't have any flexibility in such a tight fiscal year."
"Tight fiscal year"? I guess giving away our money to Big Corpora, throwing it away on an an immoral, illegal war, and tax cuts for the rich take precedence over our obligation to the Vets who are suffering as a result of their patriotism being used so badly by this administration. You'd think they could find a chump change $7M. Bush's vacation probably costs more than that.
Goddammit, I hate these bastards.
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