Of this there can be no doubt. The Clinton Administration gave VP Gore the task of "Reinventing the V.A." The distruction reaped upon the VA during those years was incredible. In fact, as bad as it is now, it is actually better than it was at the time they left office. The problems our VA hospitals and ambulatory care centers are now enduring are 99.9999999% the result of their "reinventing" the VA into a big underfunded HMO. These problems are the result of their chickens coming home to roost. But fear not Democrats. President Bush will be blamed, even though he has givin the VA record buget increases and weeded out some of the hatchet men, as it is part of the nature of politics that leaders tend to get the blame for the results of the bad decissions made by those who came before them.
The VA's problems can be directly related to the employees working there. I was at Sawtelle not long ago and was astonished at the number of lazy do nothings working there. It is a wonder anyone survives that place.....I'm not refering to the actual medical staff, but more of the support workers that don't.........MP