They want to take funds from food stamps for their goof on VA credit info

the president asked in a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., for the $160.5 million to help the VA cover the costs of credit monitoring and fraud watch services.

The money would be taken from programs in the departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Labor, Transportation, Treasury and Veterans Affairs whose money would otherwise go unused or from programs previously set for elimination, according to Scott Milburn, spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget.

They include:

-$20 million from food stamp employment and training.

-$40 million from trade adjustment assistance for farmers.

-$6.7 million from health professions student loans.

-$49.1 million from the program, "Responsible Reintegration of Youthful Offenders."

-$9 million from "Next Generation High Speed Rail" program.

-$1.4 million from the Bureau of the Public Debt.

-$5.3 million from the Internal Revenue Service.

-$29 million from VA.

Some Democrats said money to pay for veterans' protection should not come at the expense of other programs.

"It's outrageous to first expose millions of Americans to credit fraud and identity theft and then to try to cut food stamps, student loans, and youth programs to pay for it," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. "This is a new problem that needs to be solved with new money."

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/front/story/3319991p-12228588c.html

But not surprising at all. Business as usual for this admin. It sucks!
dumpbush

They really are just lower than pond scum.

Repatriate. Apply to VA data loss boondoggle.

I'd much rather my taxpayer money goes to protect vets from identity theft than into the pockets of Bush**'s corporate cronies and political puppets in Iraq.

If they try to put a stop to this.