Political Quotes

“I cannot accept George W. Bush, a person I have found to be very sensitive to people--I hope my feelings are warranted. We have statements from the same article: David S.C. Chu, Undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said VA disability compensation is intended not to supplement military pensions. ``We're going to rob Peter to pay Paul.'' He was speaking for the President of the United States on this very important issue, saying: ``We're going to rob Peter to pay Paul''--``and the question is, should Peter really lose here?'' This is legislation I authored and others have supported over the years to allow military retirees to receive not only their retirement benefits from the military but also their disability benefits. That is all this is. Somebody who is in the U.S. military, who is disabled, can receive that pension in addition to their retirement benefits. The law now says you can't. I say that is wrong.”