Posted on 08/21/2019 2:22:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday to cancel the student loan debt of disabled veterans.
“Today I’m proud to announce that I am taking executive action to ensure that our wounded warriors are not saddled with mountains of student debt,” Trump said in a speech at the AMVETS National Convention in Kentucky.
More than 25,000 disabled veterans will have their student debt forgiven, the president said.
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He just ‘keeps on’ doing the right thing !!
Outstanding.
I did not know he has authority to do that. Hmmm.
President Trump needs to take a close look at the Veterans Disability Percentage Chart.
There is no reason for the chart except to falsely deny Disability to Veterans.
Where else in the world does 40 + 40 = 43?
Ask anybody in the VA what the purpose of that Chart is.
And just think... If LBJ had done such a thing the U.S. Military would have retained a half box of Band Aids and John Kerry would never have had to marry Teresa Heinz!
“Disabled” is now going to bring on a whole new maelstrom of mental “disabilities.”
Can’t tell you how many non-combat non-theatre vets I’ve met who now have “PTSD.”
President Obama gave make believe pig farmers of African Descent $50,000 each.
Slippery slope.
This I can get Behind, Bravo Mr President.
Where else in the world does 40 + 40 = 43?
Every Public School in Los Angeles
I hate to say it also but the President has just opened a whole new can of worms. There will not be a veteran with student loan debt who does not claim to have a disability. I already know so many people and a lot of them are veterans whose only goal in life these days is to establish that they are “disabled” in some way so that they can get a free ride for the rest of their lives. Most of them are young able bodied people, and as you say the majority claim PTSD. And you would not believe the number of people who claim they have PTSD who were never near a combat zone or ever even saw a traumatic incident let alone actually experienced one.
I saw a lot of pretty brutal crap during my career... sometimes I still have bad dreams. But I am glad that I have no incentive like this to claim that I am some sort of mental case because of it.
This is an outrage! Why isn’t Trump doing this for the children of illegal aliens? < /Dem candidates and CNN >
I guess the dums can kiss the military vote good-bye one more time
I would agree to a point but this is for 100% disabled Vets, which I can get behind
I understand the President’s good intentions but here is my beef...my husband was military and so was my dad and I strongly support the military and soldiers being well taken care of, however, it is normal now for HEALTHY men and women to get to the end of their service and in the final paperwork there are checklists that literally help absolutely anyone get disability even if just a percentage. My uncle got the silver star (Vietnam) and saved a ton of guys and he has zilch disability while some of these yahoos coming out, who work in a damn office, are getting tons of disability pay - they literally say during processing “did you work somewhere near a machine shop well then oops possible deafness” (a friend got that and he didn’t actual work in the machine shop! )
Guys still in told my husband to go back in and have them “review” his paperwork so maybe he could get some disability...my husband refused because he was fine coming out and he felt it was scummy to do it.
All I’m saying is this could lead to one of those closing processes where all the sudden everyone is getting their loans paid off and I’m sorry I think it could be majorly taken advantage of.
as long as it is truly for 100% disabled I could support it but I would want a long hard review of each case because being around the military, being married to military, being parented by military there are a ton of strong able bodied men who are massively taking advantage of military disability.
Everyone should read B. G. Burkett’s masterpiece,
STOLEN VALOR.
It is one of the most important reads of the “1960-today” era.
It is an absolute, absolute jaw-droppingly stunning expose.
So you don’t think disabled veterans, through their sacrifices and service deserve loan forgiveness?
Unfortunately, most of the people I know who claim to be mentally disabled go for 100%. 100% disabled does not mean what you think that it does. My next door neighbor claims he is 100% disabled because he claims his desk job caused his back to go bad. When he is working around the yard or working on his roof, he wears a hat and scarf to make it hard to get a video where he can be identified.
And of course I knew a lot of scammers who claimed to be 100% disabled from the fire department. A couple of them did get in trouble, one when he was videoed playing soccer and the other who was videoed water skiing. These guys weren't as paranoid as our neighbor...
And as I said many of the people that I know personally who claim to have PTSD never saw any combat or even had to clean up the mess from combat.
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