-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 07/23/1999 5:02:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< WASHINGTON (AP) - Stuck with old, decrepit hospitals and serving a
declining
population, the Department of Veterans Affairs is wasting up to $1 million a
day on unneeded medical facilities, congressional investigators report. >>
Nothing boils our current congress and military leaders like the idea of
fulfilling the promises made to the nation's veterans after WWII. Now is a
good time to start pulling the few benefits that remain. The veterans are
beginning to die off in ever increasing numbers (especially those most
grievously in need of Veterans' hospitals) which means the voter base is
shifting. Now is the time to cry about how much their care has wasted
precious dollars that could go into congressional pork barrels.
Congress could have made the Veterans' hospitals the caregivers for the
thousands of retired military members who have been denied the lifetime
health care that was promised to retirees and their dependents in place of a
decent wage. I recall the words very well. "It's true the military doesn't
pay as much as the civilian sector does, but just consider that you will have
commissary and exchange benefits and free medical care for you and your
dependents as long as you live."
They chose instead to tell military retirees that this had only been a policy
not a law, therefore they could take a hike.
This sudden discovery that Veterans' hospitals (which do not treat retirees
and their dependents) are a waste of money has been expected. Other
veterans' benefits have been dump already. In fact, for all practical
purposes, the veterans' have been dumped--the retirees too.
Watch carefully all you young prospective cannon fodder. When your
government calls you to fight, it will tell just as many lies and lose
interest in you and your welfare just as quickly.
Prudy
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