Posted on 11/01/2015 3:37:05 PM PST by GIdget2004
A veterans advocacy group is criticizing the plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released by Donald Trump.
Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) said the plan was “heavy of rhetoric, light on specifics†in a statement on Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
“The Koch brothers are simply doing what Libertarians do.”
The one that was on FNC not long ago said that “he’d moved on from being a Libertarian to being a Social Liberal, and that the only reason the supported the GOP was that they were moving slower toward Marxism than the RATs were.
What’s your candidate’s plan to help the veterans?
The majority of veterans seem very pleased with his plan as I am.
Are you veteran?
It hasn’t sunk in yet for most here that Trump is running against both major parties, and that the two parties are merely two faces of the same globalist coin.
For what it’s worth, here is the CV4A platform on VA healthcare...
“Giving Veterans Health Care Choice and Holding the VA Accountable
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is failing to accomplish its core mission of delivering timely and quality health care and benefits to our nation’s veterans. Hundreds of thousands of veterans are still stuck waiting months, and sometimes years, in the VA disability claims backlog- despite promises from the VA to end the backlog. Dozens, and possibly hundreds, of veterans were revealed to have died on secret VA wait lists at VA medical facilities across the country due to the misconduct of hundreds of senior VA officials. Even worse, all this and more occurred while the VA’s budget was massively increased and the department added over one hundred thousand employees.
Due to these failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs and the harm they cause veterans around the country, Concerned Veterans for America has made reforming and fixing the VA a top priority. Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) supports giving veterans more health care choices by putting them in charge of their own health care, instead of VA bureaucrats. To accomplish this, CVA convened a bipartisan policy taskforce called the Fixing Veterans Health Care Task Force which proposed a series of policy proposals, which was collectively titled the Veterans Independence Act. If implemented - which CVA will fight for - these reforms would give veterans true health care choice in addition to finally putting the veteran at the center of the VA health care system.
CVA has also advocated for streamlining the process to fire, demote, and punish VA employees who are poorly performing or who are guilty of misconduct. It can often take years to fire bad VA employees - including those who are found to have committed egregious acts of wrongdoing. This makes it harder to change the VA’s toxic culture and to ultimately reform the troubled department. Although Congress and President Obama gave the VA Secretary greater power to fire senior executives in 2014, that power has not been aggressively used and it is clear that more must be done to hold bad VA employees accountable.”
What I find interesting is that they seem to agree with Trumps position in general terms, yet for some reason took this opportunity to take a jab at him.
What I found.
They are currently pushing legislation in front of congress on this issue, and don’t want any ideas that will get in its way. The text of the current HR1994, already passed by their house, is completely consistent with Trump’s position.
I’m a member of both that VFW and American Legion, and I’ve never before heard of this group. Doesn’t mean they don’t do good things, but they are an unknown to me.
So I did a bit of research...
Neither the VFW nor the AL have endorsed their broader VA reform plan. Their plan calls for mass privatization of VA healthcare. They literally want to start from zero and build a new system from the ground up.
My biggest problem with their proposal is that they openly advocate tightening eligibility requirements. This sounds like it will be worse for veterans in the initial determination phase, not better. Determinations are a huge bottleneck, and a significant part of the current systems problems.
They are also bankrolled by the Koch brothers. Not an immediate disqualification, but it makes me want to look deeper. Follow the money is always a fun game.
As for Trump Bots:
I don’t consider myself one, but I want to make sure the truth and not media spin is discussed. Given the current climate when someone attacks a Pubbie, my first questions are ‘who are they?’ And ‘why are they taking the shot?’
As for veterans:
I am one, and it doesn’t mean I agree with every position of every vets organization. It’s not ‘attacking vets’ to disagree on principle, and being a vet affords me no special protection from criticism.
CVA is a GOP front group that on behalf of Jeb and the Republicans want Trump out of the race.
Fox News anchor Heather Nauert will be a “special guest” at an upcoming event for Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), a group that was “literally created” by the Koch brothers’ financial network. CVA is headed by Republicans, has spent millions trying to elect Republicans, and has been criticized for trafficking in “partisan attacks” despite “posing as a vet advocacy group.”
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/08/26/fox-news-anchor-is-the-special-guest-at-event-f/205170
Yes, they do. Raise your taxes, limit Vets' access to firearms, raise your taxes, put more power in the hands of the government, and raise your taxes.
This is just a Trump hate group, obviously. Has anyone but Trump spent even one minute reminding US citizens that the plight of Veterans is worse than it’s ever been?
Trump is running against our government, both sides of the House and both sides of the Senate, plus the candidates on both sides and the media, the GOPe....
I think he has his hands full, but he has a HUGE base of supporters behind him, and we will win in 2016!!!
Attacking trump himself was beginning to look futile.
With support like that, he’s got a shot at it.
Go, Trump, go!
He is the only one talking about solving the incompetence and thievery in Washington. Just another hit piece about an establishment attack!
You could read his paper. But I’ll throw you a bone. It’s high in specifics, but most of them are already in some form of implementation.
Where Trump would probably do the most good is eradicating waste and construction budget overruns.
Trump is the ONLY one that can take out Hillary....
If you want a better America, you need to support Trump because none of the others have a prayer against her....
I’m a Trumpbot and a Veteran and I think the CVA is full of it.
I think the problem is that the VA needs more money. What’s new?
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