Pay Vets Claims Now!

[broncovet]

Filner endorses the proposal, but I am waiting to see how our congress does at implementing this good idea. I just might have a tendency to vote people for re election if they can "get er done".

This would put stimilus money in the hands of those who deserve it the most, and also those who probably need it the most.

The story is here:

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjul09/nf071609-1.htm

[Pete53]

Filner is a grandstander. Its like 100% Space Available comes up but never gets approved.

[purple]

I seriously doubt this will ever happen.

Being realistic...where would all of this money come from?? Raising taxes?

[jbasser]

Doing this would burst the bank. There needs to be something done, The biggest thing is to replace the attitudes of the RO personnel from forced pro veteran to actually being pro veteran.

The majority of these folks are not veterans themselves and thay cannot comprehend what we have been through so they are inclined to use unfair practices.

Bottom line.

J

[john999]

When AIG needed 170 billion dollars the government came up with the money. Vets are not as important as crooked bankers and Wall Street manipulators. I say pay all the claims now. Why the hell not? The "bank" is already broken. Let them print the money like they will do to bail out Wall Street. Who deserves the money more....CitiBank or a disabled vet who can't pay his mortgage? We are dropping 3 or 4 billion dollars a month in Iraq rehabbing their desert.

[purple]

No the government didn't come up with the money.....the US is just deeper in debt and taxes are going up.

[broncovet]

The government is already talking about another economic stimulus plan, because the last one was not enough. Probably the bankers that collected most of it in bonuses, didnt need it, so they did not spend it.

So what is the alternative: give another round of executive bonuses for corporate executives of failed companies, or give the same amount to Veterans?

People have already pointed out that this money ALREADY BELONGS TO THE VETERANS. The past system expected Veterans to loan the VA, interest free, on their unpaid claims.

It isnt going to cost more money, or not significatly more money, as this money already belongs to Veterans who applied for benefits.

If a claim slips through to a Veteran ineligible for benefits, then the VA can recover that money similar to the way the IRS recovers its money owed to them.

The IRS has used this method for years, and they dont appear to be going broke anytime soon.

Edited July 16, 2009 by broncovet