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Veterans group pans Trump’s ‘unserious’ VA plan
The Hill ^ | 11/01/2015 | Bradford Richardson

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.

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To: GIdget2004

REAL veterans groups have a low opinion of this CVA.


81 posted on 11/01/2015 5:17:50 PM PST by bigbob
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To: vette6387
he’d moved on from being a Libertarian to being a Social Liberal

They always are social liberals, but they do seem to have some notion that communism and pure socialism are wrong.

82 posted on 11/01/2015 5:24:18 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Signalman

Roger that. Look back at Kerry’s VVAW. The bastards used to shout their anti war crap on campuses.


83 posted on 11/01/2015 5:27:18 PM PST by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Amntn
"...Senator John McCain - a man who has consistently taken the lead in reforming and fixing the VA,”

If McLame has been fixing the VA, then why does it need more fixing?

Or, perhaps McLame has done doodley-squat.

84 posted on 11/01/2015 5:28:12 PM PST by kiryandil (Maya: "Liberalism Is What Smart Looks Like to Stupid People")
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To: Tennessee Nana
"Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit which seems to be funded almost entirely by the Koch brothers donor network."

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Concerned_Veterans_for_America

85 posted on 11/01/2015 5:38:19 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: huldah1776

L8R-G8R


86 posted on 11/01/2015 5:44:56 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: itsahoot

Yep.


87 posted on 11/01/2015 5:51:40 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: GIdget2004; All
Trump's plan is on his web site.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/veterans-administration-reforms

88 posted on 11/01/2015 6:34:44 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: DoodleDawg
Does CVA have any constructive ideas?

Does Trump?

Yes he does. Have you bothered to visit Trump's web site to find out? Or would you rather just post snarky comments?

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/veterans-administration-reforms

89 posted on 11/01/2015 6:37:59 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: DoodleDawg

What is Ted’s position on the VA? “Does he have one?.” See, two can play this game. BTW, I’m a Trump/Cruz ticket supporter.


90 posted on 11/01/2015 6:41:48 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Always A Marine
I despise pandering to all groups, including veterans.

After having read Trump's book written in 2010, I don't think he is pandering. He respects the military.

91 posted on 11/01/2015 6:43:58 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Fai Mao

“Trump’s plan would save millions of dollars and improve service but would put a lot of bureaucrats out of work and slash the size of government.”

And there is the crux of the matter. As if we need any more examples of failure, incompetence, manifest through veterans dying before their time, we still have folks that will fight to keep the same ol’ VA.

Get rid of it. Let veterans live.


92 posted on 11/01/2015 7:02:40 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: Fai Mao

You may be thinking of DAV (Disabled American Veterans) they usually have office right in VA facilities along with the VFW and American Legion.

CVA sounds awfully close to DAV to the uninitiated. The DAV does good work. I’ve never heard of CVA until tonight.


93 posted on 11/01/2015 7:46:40 PM PST by waud
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To: JohnBrowdie
Trumpbots attack US veterans in 3. . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

Interesting slant there. The real question is, why would they opt to attack a promise to make things better and have to fall back on words like "unserious" and "sketchy"?

Many here act the same way about Cruz because he hasn't put their own special interests at the top of his list of priorities and developed complete, ready to enact, plans for them.

Now for a short public service announcement to all on FR:
I prefer Cruz and my money goes to his campaign, hence the Cruz link. If you like someone else, donate to him/her (find your own link to do it) and if you use FR and don't donate, then please don't complain about the welfare leeches or those who have Obama Phones because, functionally, you are no different than any other FReeloader.....

GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!

Donate to Cruz

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94 posted on 11/02/2015 4:06:57 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: GIdget2004
“While Donald Trump rightly proposes more health care choices for veterans and long-overdue accountability for bad VA employees, his ‘plan’ is painfully thin on specifics about how he would implement those principles,” CVA CEO Pete Hegseth said in the statement.

There must be some way to get these people to tell the truth...

Specifics??? How much specifics??? Trump has stated numerous times that if the VA won't see you in a timely manner, you are to go to the nearest public or private hospital and the VA will pick up the tab...

Is that specific enough???

As far as bad employees, he of course will wait til he has a staff and advisers in place to develop the policy to get rid of the bad employees...

95 posted on 11/02/2015 4:30:35 AM PST by Iscool (Izlam and radical Izlam are different the same way a wolf and a wolf in sheeps clothing are differen)
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To: Cobra64

The damn CVA is owned by the Koch brothers and Pete ,Hegseth a former Nasty Guard 1LT who had a tour in Iraq with the 101st in the lame Pres. This group is BS. It is not the MOPH or DAV.


96 posted on 11/02/2015 6:02:16 AM PST by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: JohnBrowdie

...this pac does not support him because he bad mouthed McBackstabber who has done NOTHING for Veterns. Cry me a river.


97 posted on 11/02/2015 4:21:40 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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