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'Cash strapped' VA forgot it had $43.1 Million stashed away
Investor's Business Daily ^
| 06/29/2015
| John Merline
Posted on 06/29/2015 8:47:50 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
When not pleading poverty, the Department of Veterans Affairs can be awfully careless with its money.The latest example: In 2011, the VA set $43.1 million aside to produce brochures informing veterans about their benefits, then forgot about it. The money went unspent for three years and now might be lost for good.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: va; waste
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To: IBD editorial writer
B.S! Bet are that this was a slush fund, one of many, set up to funnel to democrats.
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posted on
06/29/2015 8:54:53 AM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: IBD editorial writer
If a business misplaced $40million dollars, heads would roll.
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posted on
06/29/2015 8:55:51 AM PDT
by
matt04
To: IBD editorial writer
Well I’m sure going through my couch cushions today!
To: IBD editorial writer
My town has done this repeatedly (at least three times) — they push for a property tax incease because “we’re totally broke”. The vote fails. PANIC! And then they “find” a million dollars.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:00:32 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Henry Bowman where are you?)
To: IBD editorial writer
Words to be redefined this week: “Forgot”.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:02:08 AM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me" -Psalms 86:7)
To: IBD editorial writer
“The VA is the only Cabinet-level agency in the federal government that is entirely devoted to helping one specific population in the U.S. The fact that it can be so irresponsible, wasteful and cavalier in this mission is a disgrace.
But it’s also an indictment of claims that the federal government is better suited for helping people than the private sector.”
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:03:32 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
To: RJS1950
All agencies have money set aside as a sort of “reservations” fund. They always have more money available than they say, and they go on spending binges before the fiscal years end so they can dump unspent monies. This is an annual game that every agency plays. They ALWAYS spend their money every hear so they can justify the need for more.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:03:36 AM PDT
by
Starboard
To: Politicalkiddo
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:03:58 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(s)
To: IBD editorial writer
VA forgot it had $43.1 Million stashed awayGreat, now hire a competent exterminator to handle the rats at VA Haley.
5.56mm
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:04:35 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: IBD editorial writer
$43.1 million set aside to produce brochures informing veterans about their benefitsWhat the hell were the brochures printed on - gold leaf?
I have tinnitus as a result of 3 years in artillery, specifically, 13 months on an 8" howitzer in 'Nam.
Just a week ago I went to the VA to have them provide a therapy device - the Neuromonics Oasis.
The VA claimed they:
- had no knowledge of the device
- couldn't order because they were over-budget
- so under staffed (and overworked) they had no time for proper product use training.
All very interesting since the
Neurmonics website shows the local VA as only one of two places to get the device in NY State.
I called the company and they said they have worked with my local VA before and that the extremely high VA employee turnover rate is probably responsible for all the ignorance.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:08:58 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
Thank you for your service!
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:13:19 AM PDT
by
TheConservator
("I spent my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.")
To: TheConservator
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:17:41 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Starboard
Well aware of that. The point is, they wouldn’t forget about this stash if it was unspent FY dollars and I don’t believe that it was an EOY reserve fund. Those dollars are generally operational(supplies, infrastructure) or personnel administration dollars that are allocated, but not spent. This money is from an entirely different pot from what I can see.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:17:42 AM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: IBD editorial writer
How many of the leaders in the VA have been fired?
They don’t care. They don’t have to.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:25:35 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: IBD editorial writer
The money went unspent for three years and now might be lost for good. What kind of an accounting system allows the funds to disappear in three years? Is the VA making records with disappearing ink?
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:42:53 AM PDT
by
Greysard
To: Greysard
The records were probably stored on hillary’s private server.
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:47:45 AM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: M Kehoe; Bride Of Old Sarge
Great, now hire a competent exterminator to handle the rats at VA Haley. Now that The Bride is no longer there, weapons free!!
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posted on
06/29/2015 9:49:39 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Old Sarge
The bums in the VA executive branch are untouchable and unaccountable. They just keep murdering-by-neglect many Veterans each year. However, the executives do have nicely furnished offices and great lawns to overview.
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posted on
06/29/2015 10:09:59 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
To: IBD editorial writer
I have a couple of health issues the VA might be able to help me with but I've never bothered to ask. I don't need the aggravation.
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posted on
06/29/2015 10:25:50 AM PDT
by
beelzepug
(liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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