Posted on 10/08/2013 4:13:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Military veterans will lose many of their veterans’ benefits in “late October” if the government shutdown persists, according to newly-released U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs documents.
The VA has been continuing to make payments to veterans in the days since the Oct. 1 government shutdown, but agency officials say the pool of available money is dwindling.
“Claims processing and payments in the compensation, pension, education and vocational rehabilitation programs are anticipated to continue through late October. However, in the event of a prolonged shutdown, claims processing and payments in these programs would be suspended when available funding is exhausted,” said a statement from the agency’s public affairs office.
The impasse also threatens to further slow the VA’s backlog of overdue claims for benefits from needy veterans....
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...
“Why do democrats hate Veterans?”
Because they’re all war-mongers!
go after Vets, Military, Seniors good way to get yourself shot.
Social Security Warns Benefits Could Get Cut
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/10/07/social-security-warns-benefits-could-get-cut/
First cut benefits for congress and the retired members. Then the labor unions. The last one cut should be the military.
But we know that 0bama hates the military.
Fisher House is providing grants to the families so they can fly to Dover to escort their loved ones home and bury them.
You can donate at www.fisherhouse.org
America now a communists run empire.
According to Greta.
Veterans screwed by government again......we’re used to it.
“The House funded this last THURSDAY and Reed is letting it set and won’t bring it to a vote”.
Reid is the sorriest excuse of a human being in Washington. Sorrier than his POS pretender in chief “president”.
The crooked SOB was worth about $30,000 when he came to Congress. Through sweetheart deals, kickbacks, and paybacks from the Vegas mob he is now worth somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 million. He’s lower than whale shyt and crookier than a snake.
“Why do democrats hate Veterans?”:
Because most of them are Vietnam draft dodgers that despise anything to do with the military.
They can’t just kite a check?
Obama decided it was more important to send $450,000,000 to People’s TV than pay veteran’s benefits. It’s all about priorities.
people who vote rat may say their veterans, but they are not patriots...
that guythatwillnotbenamed is an arrogant piece of camel dung...
we really do live in a totalitarian country...
thinking lately that I don't care much for America anymore....its not my America...
He brought troops home from Iraq don’t ya’ know... /s
Obumma has already suggested that to stop the pain of the shutdown and eliminate these so-called battles over the debt ceiling, he may have to take a new sort of action. I’m pretty sure he’s thinking dictatorial powers and martial law will solve it all and he’ll be worshipped as a demigod for saving America.
That is different. The bodies are being flown home by the military.
As for the Bereavement Pay the family could use to fly to Dover being withheld that is another matter.
And WHEN did they say that they are closing down the section 8 housing?
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