Side Note: My father got the finest medical care I ever witnessed at the VA Hospital in Seattle before he died of Pancreatic Cancer.
His attending physician was a Teaching Professor at UW and world-renowned oncologist.
My father saw him every day for at least 20mins. He also performed two surgeries.
“to make absolutely certain that a war is ONLY in defense of our VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS, “
Indeed. . .http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj01/spr01/vorspr01.html
Tell this author to try the Philadelphia VA system and see how “friendly and caring” it is.
Seems a bit wrong to fire folks when you acknowledge that it will take an average of 28 people to replace each person fired if you want improvement in quality.
Here’s my question: how many of those who are getting the axe will, in fact, be allowed to retire? It’s the oldest trick in the civil service system.
Remember the EPA guy who claimed he was part of a secret CIA counter-terrorism group that met every Friday at Langley? He used bald-faced lie as an excuse to four days a week—with pay—for years. Same guy used a phony “deployment to Afghanistan” to take a six-month break from work. He was eventually indicted on various federal fraud charges and is currently in prison. But, before his date in court, he was allowed to retire with a full pension.
Same thing with Lois Lerner. If the GOP wins the White House in 2016 (and the statute of limitations hasn’t expired), she’s a good bet for indictment and conviction. Meanwhile, Ms. Lerner has already retired from civil service and is living on an annual pension of $110,000 a year. If Hillary wins the White House, she’s home free.
Most of the criminals at the VA will skate out the door with their pensions—and some will go to work for contractors doing work for the government, before or after they go to jail—and that’s assuming they’re actually charged with a crime.
Getting “fired” in civil service is nothing compared to the private sector.