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Maj Marty Hogan
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Side question that occurred to me- do you think any one administration can fix the VA? I am not sure if they can. I am in hopes and think he has a plan. I just feel government agencies are so huge and corrupt that they are unfix-able. I am not sure how privatizing would work for the VA so i can't comment on that aspect. Changing who's in charge merely moves the shell to another bucket until they discover nothing can be done. The bill is growing all the time- and it is staggering right now. With all of the issues they had in the past few years they still paid bonuses in 2014: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/11/veterans-affairs-pays-142-million-bonuses-amid-scandals/75537586/ and even more in 2016: http://www.disabledveterans.org/2016/10/31/veterans-affairs-doles-huge-bonuses-despite-corruption/

I did not look up 2015 and my guess is it is in the middle somewhere. That is a lot of graft for one agency paid just in bonuses. I have not got a "bonus" as a dual status technician since 2010. For just around 300 full timers we get about 25 bonuses a year. Strange how our agency- that deploys constantly in our ANG status is not on the same playing field and we have no scandal where we are....
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SFC Caretaker
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Interesting, definitely something to research on my part.
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MSgt Michael Bischoff
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Right now it is all talk on that aspect. He has to turn off Republican Sequestration first!
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SFC Dave Beran
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Thank you sir.
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