War Veterans' Care To Cost $1.3 Trillion

[justrluk]

Washington Times

September 30, 2010

Pg. 9

War Veterans' Care To Cost $1.3 Trillion

The unfunded liability for those who fought in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will rival Social Security.

By Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times

Edited October 1, 2010 by justrluk

[JustPLS]

In the August 31st Federal Register notice for the 3 latest Agent Orange presumptives, this is what the VA had to say about numbers of Vietnam vets:

"According to the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), there are 2.6 million in-country Vietnam Veterans. With mortality applied, an estimated 2.1 million will be alive in 2010. C&P Service assumes that 34 percent of this population are service connected for other conditions and are already in receipt of compensation benefits. In 2010, we anticipated that 725,547 Vietnam Veterans would be receiving compensation benefits."

But....who knows?

[shag]

So now I guess the "(ENTIRE)" federal deficit is the fault of disabled vets. Ahhhh the finger starts to point.