Posted on Nov 1, 2014
Senator Questions System Allowing 'Triple Dipping' Veterans
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It's all legal, and if this is something about the nations budget crisis, you would think a US senator would find something else to try and argue....We fight for this country, and of all the dangerous professions, look at the pay! its not that great, why try and question the system?
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http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/11/01/senator-questions-system-allowing-triple-dipping-veterans.html?comp= [login to see] 843&rank=4
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Posted 11 y ago
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As we are no longer a nation at war, you will start to see less and less talk about veterans and funding for those services that used to be key 'talking points' during re-election campaigning.
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Lets see we pay social security taxes from Our military pay on active duty. My 10% VA Disability is deducted from Retirement just tax free. I retired after 22 years. Then Turned up a tumor behind right eye that I was told not military related because was not found When I retired. But the Va doctors say I have had it over 20 years. I retired in 2000. tumor found in 2009. I still have been employed after retirement . Pay taxes . Way I see it currently I pay my own retirement for 3 months of a year. Until I'm 67 1/2.
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What I want to know is who is the guy making $208k on triple dipping disability? While I don't mind someone being taken care of because of wounds and injuries suffered in the service of our nation, and I don't believe that any amount of monetary compensation is adequate for some of the wounds that have been suffered, Seriously, $208k a year would get a lot of guys off the street. And out of curiosity, how much of this is actually being collected by a living veteran?
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CW2 Joseph Evans
SSG Aaron McCarthy, Not saying it is, or for that matter that it isn't. Your pain and your trials are real and they are yours. I would never claim to know them. I just know that every journey is real and it is up to each of us to come to terms with the hands we are dealt.
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SPC Charles Estes
Sgt, refile your case. Agent Orange is an automatic qualification for many conditions, yet the VA routinely denies first time applications. ROUTINELY. Appeal, appeal, appeal. As long as you continue to file TIMELY appeals, when they finally DO approve your claim, they will pay you retroactively to the date of first filing.
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Another reason the VA needs an overhaul - they should do the proper research the first time so you don't have to repeatedly appeal their poor decisions. The time and money wasted in the denial till possible approved status could be better used to help our members in need.
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CW2 Joseph Evans
MSgt (Join to see),
The Veteran's Bureau was a scam from day 1, it has yet to successfully outgrow the institutional inertia of it's birth.
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, a chance acquaintance of Warren Harding, was appointed to head the recently created Veterans' Bureau. It was later revealed that Forbes entered into corrupt arrangements with a number of contractors, particularly with those involved in the operation of hospitals, and sold government property at a fraction of its value. Charles F. Cramer, attorney for the bureau, committed suicide, which brought increased attention to the agency. In 1923, Forbes resigned his position and fled to Europe.
The Veteran's Bureau was a scam from day 1, it has yet to successfully outgrow the institutional inertia of it's birth.
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, a chance acquaintance of Warren Harding, was appointed to head the recently created Veterans' Bureau. It was later revealed that Forbes entered into corrupt arrangements with a number of contractors, particularly with those involved in the operation of hospitals, and sold government property at a fraction of its value. Charles F. Cramer, attorney for the bureau, committed suicide, which brought increased attention to the agency. In 1923, Forbes resigned his position and fled to Europe.
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Oh and finally, SPC, everyone has issues great and small throughout their lives. I have a NCO friend who is dying right now with Leukemia and last year lost a friend SMSgt who died from complications of ALS. See a lot kid. Been around for awhile now.
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He obviously never served his country. The day he was elected he began to quad dip. 1 only works About 243 day's gets paid for 365 days. Gets stock information that is against the law for the rest of us. Receives a expense account. Free medical and it's first class. Gets retirement after just one term in office. So where is the equality in that benefit.
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How many of them are serving in Congress and collecting social security
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And that senator will collect a full pension for being a member of Congress, for the rest of his life, even if he only serves ONE six-year term. So he can kiss my A$$ !!
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This senator is a jerk. The financial crisis is you and your cronies fault. What about retired general officers who get on these boards of defense contractors after a one year cooling off period. They behind the scenes are advising on contract awards before they are officially hired. I was in the defense contracting business. Professional logistician. I personally now 20 retired general officers who are logisticians retired.
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I’m so fucking tired of these politicians screwing the people out of their benifits while they scam millions for them selves
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