one must understand this....the VA employee who is the president of each VA Medical Center AFGE Union is employed by the GOV and paid 100 per cent of his/her salary and does absolutely NO work for the Medical Center. In other words, they are only responsible for union matters and lift not one finger for the hospital. Plus they get travel/tdy status. I know of one AFGE union president at a medical center who worked for six months in the kitchen and spent the next 44 years as the Union chief, all at GOV expense and not doing one thing for the taxpayer.
Nice job if you can get it, and they do get it.
Close the VA as much of the employment there is make work for Veteran haters. Give the Veterans good insurance coverage so they can go to the doctor of their choice in the facilities of their choice. Sell the properties to private investors.