Considering his being so eager....

to throw money at problems as if it's as easy to come by as cracking open a fortune cookie, it's good to see that Mr. Obama finally came up with a proposal to actually save money! Always being so negative and cynical concerning our new President, I thought I would write about this way that Mr. Obama is actually trying to save tax dollars. After all, you probably won't here about this story on DNCTV (a.k.a. MSNBC). So here is how it works. Let's say a young American decides to join the U.S. Army and gets stationed in Afghanistan. While on tour and laying his or her life on the line so that I might be able to enjoy my relatively comfortable life with my wife and children (thank you, by the way, and that was not sarcasm), this young soldier gets severely injured by a roadside bomb. Once this soldier is treated for injuries recieved in combat, the President wants the bill to be paid by the soldiers private insurance which, will save the V.A. an estimated $540 million. Veterans fear that this could hinder them from getting good affordable health insurance or even a job. After all, if the V.A. saves $540 million because they are passing those costs on to the veterans private health insurance, who do you think the private health insurance companies will pass these added costs on to? Now I understand that Mr. Obama has backed down on this proposal, however, once again not untill a huge backlash from concerned citizens and veterans. Now, I don't want to simply be critical, so I would like to give alternatives for saving tax dollars. How about the nearly $400 million the U.S. will spend annually on "family planning" in foreign countries! Or, how about $192 million for rum production in U.S. territories! Just those two items exceed what you were trying to save with veterans insurance, but if that's not enough there is a plethora of other earmarks in the omnibus spending bill for you to choose from! I'm just not sure if dumping medical costs on our veterans from injuries that they received in combat was the kind of "change" they were hoping for!