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While Bush was busy taking care of his base and professing his love for our troops, he proposed cutting combat soldiers' pay by 33% and assistance to their families by 60%. He opposed giving veterans a billion dollars more in health care benefits, and he supported closing veteran hospitals. He tried to double the prescription drug costs for veterans and opposed full benefits for part-time reservists. And when Staff Sergeant Brett Petriken from Flint was killed in Iraq on May 26th, the army sent his last paycheck to his family, but they docked him for the last five days of the month that he didn't work because he was dead
While Bush was busy taking care of his base and professing his love for our troops, he proposed cutting combat soldiers' pay by 33% and assistance to their families by 60%. He opposed giving veterans a billion dollars more in health care benefits, and he supported closing veteran hospitals. He tried to double the prescription drug costs for veterans and opposed full benefits for part-time reservists. And when Staff Sergeant Brett Petriken from Flint was killed in Iraq on May 26th, the army sent his last paycheck to his family, but they docked him for the last five days of the month that he didn't work because he was dead
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Michael Moore While Bush was busy taking care of his base
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and professing his love for our troops
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he proposed cutting combat soldiers' pay by 33
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clapping
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And assistance to their families by 60
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He opposed giving veterans a billion dollars more
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in healthcare benefits
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And he supported closing veteran hospitals
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He tried to double the prescription drug costs for veterans
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and opposed full benefits for part time reservists
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crowds applauding
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And when staff Sergeant Brett Petriken from Flint was killed in Iraq on May 26
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the Army sent his last paycheck to his family
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but they docked him for the last five days of the month that he didn't work
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because he was dead
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Movie Summary
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
