Michigan Democrat Senator Carl Levin doesn’t support restoring military veterans pensions. Why? Because the crazy old coot is worried that closing a tax credit loophole for illegal aliens would “endanger” the “underlying legislation.”
UPDATE: Just as quickly as he backed the solution, Levin withdrew his support for it, saying through an aide that closing a tax credit loophole for illegal aliens would “endanger” the “underlying legislation.”
“Sen. Levin would support legislation to repeal the military pension cuts if such an amendment didn’t endanger underlying legislation and if he supported the offset,” the aide told The Hill. “He doesn’t support the offset in Sen. Ayotte’s legislation, so he couldn’t offer support for her legislation.”
Levin’s aide did not explain or give any reasoning why closing a tax loophole that allows illegal aliens to access taxpayer money in an illicit manner, something the Inspector General for the Department of Treasury has lambasted, would somehow “endanger” a budget deal bill.