Letter to the Editor: Budget woes, treatment of vets make reader unhappy

For shame, President Obama! The Veteran’s Administration has been serving veterans for many decades. There have been problems, as there are with any large department. They had a budget of $140 billion for 2012, even though you and the Senate haven’t produced a budget (required by law) for almost four years. Oh well, by now many of us know how you feel about laws and rules.

You and your staff can’t possibly be proud of the more than $100 million that was spent by VA staff learning how to be better union members. It must have been elegant, as the average expense for the attendees ranged from $24...