TheIceMan
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- Apr 16, 2014
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The key issue that you need to base criticism for the VA is the fact that the Obama administration authorized bonuses (at taxpayer expense) for VA administrators who saved money. The easiest way to save money was by making up a secret death list and allow Veterans to die without "unnecessary" medical treatment that would only prolong their lives for another year or two. Every VA administrator who accepted a federal bonus and authorized a death list should be indicted for negligent homicide.
Really.
Let's get one thing straight: I despise Obama. He's the biggest joke and embarrassment ever. Jimmy Carter is probably his biggest fan, having moved to the Number 2 slot of losers.
However, the President urging government agencies to cut costs is hardly putting a death warrant on anyone. The message is lost from the top to the bottom.
Middle-level management and below only know :the President wants ..." I used to watch this crap in the military. General officers were so insulated by the Colonel's and below they really never had a clue what the reality was. By the time it got to the President it was "we have no American troops on Iraqi soil". Boots on the ground was we were in and out of Iraq whenever we pleased. Note: we are talking pre-Second Gulf War.
Obama may be a dolt. But holding him personally responsible for the miserableness of the VA is the same as holding any president previous responsible.
The VA's a bureaucratic piece of garbage. It's the responsibility of the American people who put people in office that allow this crap to go on.
This is a buzzword issue. Obama will put a band-aid on it and it'll blow over. 'Til next time. In the meantime, the people will be told this and that was done to address the issue. Right. Like it has every time before.
Vets and retirees serve no more purpose. We're a captive audience. The President and Congress cut our benefits, and we have nothing to say. The bureaucracy willingly carries it out.