Comments on: Memorial Day Shocker: How The U.S. Government Really Handles Veterans Benefits – Deny, Deny, Deny Until They Die

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:34:50 +0000

Excuse me for the language..but this shit is fckn ridiculous/corrupt!!! unbelieveable thats all im gonna say

By: SteveC

SteveC — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:09:44 +0000

I too am a disabled vet and have ptsd, a broken back from parachuting, and reactive arthritis. I struggled with VA for many years and have seen the twisted logic they use to deny claims.

Currently, I live in England and get better treatment for my service connected disabilities from the NHS than from the VA. I stay away from VA at all costs.

I learned the hard way that in the government’s eyes good vets are dead vets. They are heroes who died gloriously in battle. Words are cheap and dead vets don’t cost any money. Live wounded warriors are despised and treated as malingerers who burden the system.

After much inner struggle the only way I found to deal with it was to turn to prayer, but sadly many do not chose that route and drink, take drugs, or end their lives. I understand why the do so.

If you see a vet of any age, but especially the young ones, thank them. Buy ‘em a cold drink on a hot day or warm one on a cold day.

Who knows, your kind words might make the difference between life and death for that vet, because the hardest battles are fought after we return home…

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:23:11 +0000

Gary – Very eloquently put & spot on.

Much of what you say is the same in the UK. Ordinary people have been shafted & the ordinary workforce is being reduced to poverty & slave labour.

I have to say though, many have not spared one guilty thought for the suffering of the corporation slaves abroad, whilst they have enjoyed relative luxury. You can see equal standards spreading worldwide – & it’s not upwards!!

By: po'd-vet

po'd-vet — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:01:23 +0000

i am one of those vets… broken back disabled in constant pain and psych case. ptsd.

the va is a death machine… va doctors – eugenics.

they’re only good for band aids and drugs.

they get paid 40% more than the average person in the civilian world and treat vets as cattle.

it’s one big money machine…

one payer system for vets is best as it allows the vet to chose and pick his care givers… it will give the vet quality care and control.

**** the va. you all suck! especially the montana va!

usaf vet
disabled veteran

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:23:52 +0000

All those US Presidents shamelessly standing up and saying support our military and US mass media cheering along with them. You Americans are mind boggling, shame on you. At least in countries with universal health care veterans are always guaranteed that.
So where is universal health care in the US, where is Democrat single payer scheme, where is the amendment for single payer.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:29:14 +0000

Gary – you and I are on the same page in some respects and not in others. We agree that there are despicable things going on in this nation and greedy, immoral people have devastated our economy and the lives of millions. What we disagree on is the idea that there is hope in ANY form of government. This is a bigger topic, but America was destined to rise and then to be destroyed so we are fulfilling our destiny and no government change is going to stop the disaster that is happening. Our “leaders” are virtually all following the commands of the true power brokers and we, the sheeple, are merely led to believe that we can be saved by changing the cast when there really is no difference. We have to accept the fact that NO politician cares about us, yet we still want to believe in the myth of a caring, benevolent master that can govern and take care of us. Your hope in the myth that anyone will change our course merely causes you to falsely believe that our course might actually change.

Regarding the vets, I find it impossible to believe that there will be any improvement in their care because soldiers are recruited and used as cannon fodder for no other purpose than to advance the New World Order. It is quite sad that we have so many great people who have believed they were fighting and dying for a just cause when in reality they were simply meat to fulfill the agenda of the NWO monsters. It is not realistic to think that our wicked government would throw the meat into any meat grinder that fit their current agenda and then care one iota about their wellbeing afterwards.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:10:02 +0000

I think that on this Memorial Day we owe our vets an apology. An apology that they risked all for a country where 50% of the children need food stamps to eat. A country where in one weekend the money can be gotten to bail out billionaires but we can’t provide health care for all. A county where the richest 1101 people have more wealth and income that the bottom 290 million. A country where the best predictor of a child’s success is who their parents are. A country that lets greedy corporations and CEO’s export our good paying jobs so that now the fastest growing jobs are janitors, waitresses, and retail services that pay poverty wages. A country that is run by corporations where profits matter more than people. For this mess we call a country we owe our brave vets a big apology.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:05:48 +0000

If we simply had single payer health care(socialism) this would be a non issue. I never hear of vets in other social democracy countries having these issues. Could it be the curse of capitalism doing this? There is no profit in treating returning vets. Of course the bigger issue is that we should not be fighting these wars especially Iraq just so Bushes daddy could try to regain his pride. Greg you are so right about pawns of the elite and all that. Now if we can get you to see the wisdom in socialism…

Did you know that Jesus was socialist? Lots of bible verses saying to help your neighbor etc.

By: Tim Murray

Tim Murray — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:17:11 +0000

It’s absolutely outrageous. I see these young men and women on television who have returned from combat and who are missing limbs, have severe facial deformities or are so traumatized from war that they can’t function in society, and I am outraged. It’s bad enough that we illegaly invaded the nations of Iraq and Afghanistan, destroying those nations and killing untold numbers of Iraqi and Afghan civilians. Many thousands of American soldiers have been crippled, and many of them are denied the care they need. Many veterans are homeless or have committed suicide. This is just one of many reasons that this nation’s days are numbered.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:09:45 +0000

Would it make sense for our government to treat them properly in the VA after the entire process they put soldiers through in the military? Consider:
They are considered human garbage and pawns for the elite – read Kissinger’s quotes
They are sent to kill innocent people all over the world
They are injected with anything that our government wishes to inject them with
They are exposed to depleted uranium
And in the very near future, they will be inundated with open flamers and most likely prosecuted if they resist or oppose the perverts!

This nation is sooooo doomed. Gary, not even a Socialist government could save us now (that’s sarcasm).