HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted June 13, 2017 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 13, 2017 I just heard on the news that Trump proposes to cut benefits for TDIU vets who are also getting SSA. This is the guy who said he was going to take care of vets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 marina53 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 On 6/13/2017 at 4:25 PM, john999 said: I just heard on the news that Trump proposes to cut benefits for TDIU vets who are also getting SSA. This is the guy who said he was going to take care of vets? I think the whole proposal to cut TDIU benefits to those receiving social security has been shelved, and is not going to happen. Apparently there was such an uproar that Shulkin reportedly is going to remove that proposal from the budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted June 16, 2017 Author HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 16, 2017 Man, I am really glad they came to their senses. You know I got a disability pension from USPS after 20 years and my pension was offset by significant amount because I also got SSDI. I paid into both these programs for years. If I had not gotten IU as well I would have been sucking canal water. My pension with SSDI only provided about $2000 a month. An adult just cannot live on that these days especially if you have also disabled. The VSO's finally did something worthwhile by causing a stink. I am life member of DAV and VFW and they have done little to help me except maybe this act. John marina53 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HorizontalMike Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Just turned 65 and my SSI is only$250./month, yes two hundred fifty dollars. I got my TDIU less than two years ago, after having not worked at all for over a decade. I am at the 5yr point on my VA Appeal and still waiting... Take away my TDIU and I'll end up homeless. I had spent down my life savings due to my unemployability and years and years of losing job after job after job over the past +40yr. I know that trying to get rid of TDIU has come up several times in the past and always been rejected. However, I also thought that some azzhole like Trump could never become President. Geez...and look at what has happened with THAT?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 seminoles Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, HorizontalMike said: Just turned 65 and my SSI is only$250./month, yes two hundred fifty dollars. I got my TDIU less than two years ago, after having not worked at all for over a decade. I am at the 5yr point on my VA Appeal and still waiting... Take away my TDIU and I'll end up homeless. I had spent down my life savings due to my unemployability and years and years of losing job after job after job over the past +40yr. I know that trying to get rid of TDIU has come up several times in the past and always been rejected. However, I also thought that some azzhole like Trump could never become President. Geez...and look at what has happened with THAT?! You are the perfect (not the best choice of words) example of why taking away being paid at 100% for IU veterans is so incredibly dangerous and can put so many veterans in deep crisis. So many people don't realize that there are veterans in your situation. Even veterans who receive SSDI aren't living lavishly, they would have loved to have worked, saved for retirement and lived much better high quality lives. To take from any of them in retirement years is horrifying and criminal in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 seminoles Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 just saw this posted, of course it says nothing about what will be proposed instead? http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/va-shulkin-round-down-cola-benefits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted June 16, 2017 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 16, 2017 I think IU vets can stop worrying, After VA Secretary comments on this and what he was informed about, The only thing he is HE is calling how the IU is funded is wrong so that in its self is still questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I just heard on the news that Trump proposes to cut benefits for TDIU vets who are also getting SSA. This is the guy who said he was going to take care of vets?
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Well, I learned not to listen to the news as so much of it is fake news. When Trump signs a bill which cuts benefits to Vets, I will believe it. I did not beleive the media's slams on Trump earlier,
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Hey Buck Anyone who understands the implications of taking away IU or SSDI from older or younger vets would not say we are "double dippers". I believe this is how Trump
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http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/shulkin-backs-off-individual-unemployability-trump-budget
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