[Recovering_Democrat]

Let’s tread carefully here....

[glorgau]

I’m a “disabled vet” and totally agree with restrictions on disability “double dipping”.

Disability payments are for survival, not for prosperity.

[SubMareener]

I am a veteran, but did my six years and got out. So I only got VA educational benefits, and a VA Home loan. The educational benefits were extremely generous at the time, since I was a Civil Servant, getting paid time off to go to classes, a Research Assistant with full tuition paid and a small monthly stipend from the University. Definitely a racket, but if the Government is going to give you money, take it.

All the Vets that I work with who are going to VA hospitals complain about the service they get there. I think that with a little judicious privatization, the Veteran's Health Care could be made both better and cheaper. But the ruling class obviously doesn't see it that way.

[rogue yam]

You say “let’s tread carefully” but characterize Rep. Bachmann as “the right-wing congresswoman” and refer to her comments as “her proposal to undermine veterans’ needs”.

I suspect that your recovery from being a Democrat is less full than you might suppose.