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Pa. veteran lives out of van, tries to be positive
The York Dispatch ^
| 1/11/2014
| JULIE ZAUZMER, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted on 01/11/2014 5:32:00 AM PST by Carriage Hill
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Sad, but not atypical story, of one of 60,000 (DoVA estimate) of America's Vets.
To: P.O.E.; lightman; thouworm
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:33:30 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: carriage_hill
Sometimes its better to be unqualified than to be over qualified.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:35:00 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: carriage_hill
Doesn’t a 30 career get you a military pension?
That and two advanced degrees?
Something is missing from the story.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:37:33 AM PST
by
svcw
(Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
To: carriage_hill
30 yrs—when I served that translated to full retirement.He is living in his van— WHY? Either he has no bank account— or he is grandstanding.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:37:34 AM PST
by
StonyBurk
(ring)
To: carriage_hill
A 30 career soldier, retired at the rank of colonel, has a military pension. Estimated at approx $60K per year. What is missing from this story?
To: svcw
Yes he gets a pension and a pretty good one too
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:41:16 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: thegunmaker
Sounds like there’s some medical issues involved, too.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:42:19 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: svcw
Doesnt a 30 career get you a military pension?From the Article
His struggle to find a job after retiring from the Air Force collided with the end of his marriage nearly two years ago.
That will pretty much wipe out his retirement pay, courtesy from the old hag from Colorado....Sen. Pat Schroeder
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:45:18 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Forgive but don't forget)
To: thegunmaker
My guess is a very bitter, bitter woman that is very highly pissed off and full of revenge.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:45:41 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: svcw
I read it 2x, and it seems that there’s “something missing” from the story.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:45:52 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: StonyBurk
Something is missing from the story.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:47:13 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: R. Scott
I have a nursing degree, but due to a disability I can’t work in that field anymore. I have applied for jobs working behind a cash register, only to be told I’m overqualified. It’s frustrating to say the least.
To: carriage_hill
A 30-year veteran dos not get VA benefits?
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:47:42 AM PST
by
oblomov
To: svcw
Doesn’t he have to be older to start his pension checks?
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:47:47 AM PST
by
MadelineZapeezda
(Remember, this is an administration which will not profile terrorists, but profile patriots? /Newt)
To: darkwing104
So his ex, receives part of his retirement, even if she had half, that would leave him with 30k a year.
Military wives receive part to half of the retirement because the military says the whole family sacrificed during the service time.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:48:22 AM PST
by
svcw
(Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
To: svcw
Doesnt a 30 career get you a military pension? That and two advanced degrees?That's $40,000 and three advanced degrees.
A lot's missing.
To: carriage_hill
Not atypical?? How many of those other 59,999 veterans have a 30-year O6 pension check coming in every month? That is no chump change. There’s more to this story than is being told here.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:49:25 AM PST
by
Bob
To: MadelineZapeezda
No. You receive it when you retire.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:49:31 AM PST
by
svcw
(Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
To: carriage_hill
I think we have a few cherry picked highlights of this story. Got to be a lot more to this.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:50:06 AM PST
by
EandH Dad
(sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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