VA defends plan to cut thousands of dollars from elderly vets' benefits [View all]
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“The budget plan unveiled yesterday completely abandons many of the most severely disabled veterans of the Vietnam generation and could make thousands of elderly veterans homeless,” said John Rowan, national president of Vietnam Veterans of America.
“We’re extremely alarmed by this budget proposal, because this is the opposite of what President Trump promised veterans.”
VVA officials said they spent have spent the last day since the budget announcement fielding panicked calls from veterans dependent on the program, wondering how they’ll make ends meet.
VFW National Commander Brian Duffy said his membership likes many parts of the budget “we are absolutely against forcing wounded, ill and injured veterans to pay for improvements elsewhere within the VA.” AMVETS released a statement Wednesday demanding the IU provision be dropped, labeling it "stealing" benefits from veterans.
Administration officials have also proposed rounding down cost-of-living adjustments to veterans benefits next year, a practice that would take no more than $12 from an individual vet in annual payouts but could save the government $20 million next year.
more at the link
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/va-plan-iu-cuts-benefits-elderly-veterans
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REPUBLICANS and TRUMP SAYING FUCK YOU TO KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETS.....
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