"Until our veterans..."

[Tax Man]

Sadly Obama is not president.

 

[debbiedowner]

I am seeing posts about "Until our disabled veterans have the prosthetics they need, no money should be spent on sex change operations".

Don't we remember the "Until no veteran is homeless, no refugees should be brought here"?

Did the homeless veterans get anything? No.

I was born in 1960. I remember, as a child, hearing grownups talk about how terrible it was that the disabled veterans returning from Vietnam could not get the medical and psychological help they needed. That was 50 years ago. The simple truth is that disabled veterans have been being screwed for decades. The people in charge DO NOT CARE. The ONLY time they pay attention to disabled veterans is when they can parade them out to further some agenda.

And its funny that they can't find money for the brave men & women who BELIEVED our promises to take care of them. But we can find $1.6 billion for a wall that will not solve the illegal immigration problem. That is BILLION!

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, the US gov't will not pay for a single weekend at Mar-Lo (or whatever it is called)?

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, no US Senator or member of the House of Representative will receive pay or benefits"?

As long as VA benefits are treated as a "WE will pay for them if we have extra money", every single US citizen should be ASHAMED of how our disabled veterans are treated. And by the very entity that promised to take care of them.

The only thing more vile, disgusting, and horrendous than the way our disabled (and I am including homeless veterans here, because many, if not all, their mental issues stem from their service) are treated, it is parading them out to further an agenda.

And before anyone starts pointing fingers across the aisle (the typical "It is THEIR fault"), let me remind you that in MY LIFETIME, there have been 12 presidents (7 republican and 5 democrats) and not one of them fixed the problem. There have been 11 Speakers of the House in that same time span. And not one of them pushed thru a bill to take care of our disabled veterans.

yep.....the only time they care is at election time.....and they might throw them a bone every now and then....

You might want to take a look at the number of veterans related bills that have already passed the house and then watch how many of them are blocked by the commiecrats in the senate.

Search Bills in Congress - GovTrack.us

The house is trying to address many of the problems.


.

I saw no one blocking anything, I saw passed house on to senate, I saw a few passed by house and senate and on the way to President to sign,

 

[debbiedowner]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

Yes I read that hateful thread and it was mostly righties saying it wasn't real.

 

[BrokeLoser]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

A fake problem / illness or an over-inflated problem perpetuated by attorneys?
Where there's cash there's chaos, lying and deceit.

 

[OKTexas]

I am seeing posts about "Until our disabled veterans have the prosthetics they need, no money should be spent on sex change operations".

Don't we remember the "Until no veteran is homeless, no refugees should be brought here"?

Did the homeless veterans get anything? No.

I was born in 1960. I remember, as a child, hearing grownups talk about how terrible it was that the disabled veterans returning from Vietnam could not get the medical and psychological help they needed. That was 50 years ago. The simple truth is that disabled veterans have been being screwed for decades. The people in charge DO NOT CARE. The ONLY time they pay attention to disabled veterans is when they can parade them out to further some agenda.

And its funny that they can't find money for the brave men & women who BELIEVED our promises to take care of them. But we can find $1.6 billion for a wall that will not solve the illegal immigration problem. That is BILLION!

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, the US gov't will not pay for a single weekend at Mar-Lo (or whatever it is called)?

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, no US Senator or member of the House of Representative will receive pay or benefits"?

As long as VA benefits are treated as a "WE will pay for them if we have extra money", every single US citizen should be ASHAMED of how our disabled veterans are treated. And by the very entity that promised to take care of them.

The only thing more vile, disgusting, and horrendous than the way our disabled (and I am including homeless veterans here, because many, if not all, their mental issues stem from their service) are treated, it is parading them out to further an agenda.

And before anyone starts pointing fingers across the aisle (the typical "It is THEIR fault"), let me remind you that in MY LIFETIME, there have been 12 presidents (7 republican and 5 democrats) and not one of them fixed the problem. There have been 11 Speakers of the House in that same time span. And not one of them pushed thru a bill to take care of our disabled veterans.

yep.....the only time they care is at election time.....and they might throw them a bone every now and then....

You might want to take a look at the number of veterans related bills that have already passed the house and then watch how many of them are blocked by the commiecrats in the senate.

Search Bills in Congress - GovTrack.us

The house is trying to address many of the problems.


.

I saw no one blocking anything, I saw passed house on to senate, I saw a few passed by house and senate and on the way to President to sign,

The obstructionist commiecrats are slow walking everything, there are more than 200 bills and more than 100 nominations waiting on senate action. These sobs should stay in DC and do their freaking jobs.


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[debbiedowner]

I am seeing posts about "Until our disabled veterans have the prosthetics they need, no money should be spent on sex change operations".

Don't we remember the "Until no veteran is homeless, no refugees should be brought here"?

Did the homeless veterans get anything? No.

I was born in 1960. I remember, as a child, hearing grownups talk about how terrible it was that the disabled veterans returning from Vietnam could not get the medical and psychological help they needed. That was 50 years ago. The simple truth is that disabled veterans have been being screwed for decades. The people in charge DO NOT CARE. The ONLY time they pay attention to disabled veterans is when they can parade them out to further some agenda.

And its funny that they can't find money for the brave men & women who BELIEVED our promises to take care of them. But we can find $1.6 billion for a wall that will not solve the illegal immigration problem. That is BILLION!

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, the US gov't will not pay for a single weekend at Mar-Lo (or whatever it is called)?

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, no US Senator or member of the House of Representative will receive pay or benefits"?

As long as VA benefits are treated as a "WE will pay for them if we have extra money", every single US citizen should be ASHAMED of how our disabled veterans are treated. And by the very entity that promised to take care of them.

The only thing more vile, disgusting, and horrendous than the way our disabled (and I am including homeless veterans here, because many, if not all, their mental issues stem from their service) are treated, it is parading them out to further an agenda.

And before anyone starts pointing fingers across the aisle (the typical "It is THEIR fault"), let me remind you that in MY LIFETIME, there have been 12 presidents (7 republican and 5 democrats) and not one of them fixed the problem. There have been 11 Speakers of the House in that same time span. And not one of them pushed thru a bill to take care of our disabled veterans.

yep.....the only time they care is at election time.....and they might throw them a bone every now and then....

You might want to take a look at the number of veterans related bills that have already passed the house and then watch how many of them are blocked by the commiecrats in the senate.

Search Bills in Congress - GovTrack.us

The house is trying to address many of the problems.


.

I saw no one blocking anything, I saw passed house on to senate, I saw a few passed by house and senate and on the way to President to sign,

The obstructionist commiecrats are slow walking everything, there are more than 200 bills and more than 100 nominations waiting on senate action. These sobs should stay in DC and do their freaking jobs.


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After I posted I watched a live FB feed of VSO's at a DAV meeting and maybe they might get the choice program working better than it had been. I didn't see the whole meeting but sounded good. I work with a couple vets that it did not work for and then listen to some other guys at the VA center I use once in awhile.

 

[debbiedowner]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

A fake problem / illness or an over-inflated problem perpetuated by attorneys?
Where there's cash there's chaos, lying and deceit.

How many do you estimate might be faking PTSD? I have a friend that knew a guy that faked back injuries when he got out and not only did he finally received SSDI he also was awarded 80% VA disability. The kid was 22.

I also had a guy 33 I sat with the first year of obamacare that had been out of the Navy around 6 months, pretty much overweight and bragged he was receiving something like 60% for sleep apnea. He had this shit eating grin on his face while telling me this. Wanted to reach over smack him. But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

 

[BrokeLoser]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

A fake problem / illness or an over-inflated problem perpetuated by attorneys?
Where there's cash there's chaos, lying and deceit.

How many do you estimate might be faking PTSD? I have a friend that knew a guy that faked back injuries when he got out and not only did he finally received SSDI he also was awarded 80% VA disability. The kid was 22.

I also had a guy 33 I sat with the first year of obamacare that had been out of the Navy around 6 months, pretty much overweight and bragged he was receiving something like 60% for sleep apnea. He had this shit eating grin on his face while telling me this. Wanted to reach over smack him. But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

I have no idea what the percentages are but I'm concerned the can of worms has been opened.
You have to be "tuff-minded" if you're going to choose certain professions. How long before every doctor, officer, fireman and EMT require some sort of PTSD payment funded by taxpayers?

 

[debbiedowner]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

A fake problem / illness or an over-inflated problem perpetuated by attorneys?
Where there's cash there's chaos, lying and deceit.

How many do you estimate might be faking PTSD? I have a friend that knew a guy that faked back injuries when he got out and not only did he finally received SSDI he also was awarded 80% VA disability. The kid was 22.

I also had a guy 33 I sat with the first year of obamacare that had been out of the Navy around 6 months, pretty much overweight and bragged he was receiving something like 60% for sleep apnea. He had this shit eating grin on his face while telling me this. Wanted to reach over smack him. But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

I have no idea what the percentages are but I'm concerned the can of worms has been opened.
You have to be "tuff-minded" if you're going to choose certain professions. How long before every doctor, officer, fireman and EMT require some sort of PTSD payment funded by taxpayers?

Well, you are correct there, but like you say tough minded, I would think that the professions would have a little better handle on it that an 18, 19 year old kid that joined thinking, hey this looks like fun until he or she actually has to serve in combat.

 

[BluesLegend]

Obama and the douchebag Dem's taxed the shit out of Vet's prosthetics, the tax is buried in the 2,000 page douchebag Obamacare bill.

 

[OKTexas]

I am seeing posts about "Until our disabled veterans have the prosthetics they need, no money should be spent on sex change operations".

Don't we remember the "Until no veteran is homeless, no refugees should be brought here"?

Did the homeless veterans get anything? No.

I was born in 1960. I remember, as a child, hearing grownups talk about how terrible it was that the disabled veterans returning from Vietnam could not get the medical and psychological help they needed. That was 50 years ago. The simple truth is that disabled veterans have been being screwed for decades. The people in charge DO NOT CARE. The ONLY time they pay attention to disabled veterans is when they can parade them out to further some agenda.

And its funny that they can't find money for the brave men & women who BELIEVED our promises to take care of them. But we can find $1.6 billion for a wall that will not solve the illegal immigration problem. That is BILLION!

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, the US gov't will not pay for a single weekend at Mar-Lo (or whatever it is called)?

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, no US Senator or member of the House of Representative will receive pay or benefits"?

As long as VA benefits are treated as a "WE will pay for them if we have extra money", every single US citizen should be ASHAMED of how our disabled veterans are treated. And by the very entity that promised to take care of them.

The only thing more vile, disgusting, and horrendous than the way our disabled (and I am including homeless veterans here, because many, if not all, their mental issues stem from their service) are treated, it is parading them out to further an agenda.

And before anyone starts pointing fingers across the aisle (the typical "It is THEIR fault"), let me remind you that in MY LIFETIME, there have been 12 presidents (7 republican and 5 democrats) and not one of them fixed the problem. There have been 11 Speakers of the House in that same time span. And not one of them pushed thru a bill to take care of our disabled veterans.

yep.....the only time they care is at election time.....and they might throw them a bone every now and then....

You might want to take a look at the number of veterans related bills that have already passed the house and then watch how many of them are blocked by the commiecrats in the senate.

Search Bills in Congress - GovTrack.us

The house is trying to address many of the problems.


.

I saw no one blocking anything, I saw passed house on to senate, I saw a few passed by house and senate and on the way to President to sign,

The obstructionist commiecrats are slow walking everything, there are more than 200 bills and more than 100 nominations waiting on senate action. These sobs should stay in DC and do their freaking jobs.


.

After I posted I watched a live FB feed of VSO's at a DAV meeting and maybe they might get the choice program working better than it had been. I didn't see the whole meeting but sounded good. I work with a couple vets that it did not work for and then listen to some other guys at the VA center I use once in awhile.

The only problem I've had is they take too long to pay the bills. They only have one payment center in Memphis, I got collection calls before they finally paid. They sent me to a local dentist because the VA in Houston is 50 miles away, that worked out great but it took 4 months to get it approved and the provider was already approved, they had already used her for several patients.


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[Tom Horn]

Well, you are correct there, but like you say tough minded, I would think that the professions would have a little better handle on it that an 18, 19 year old kid that joined thinking, hey this looks like fun until he or she actually has to serve in combat.

When Rumsfeld started calling up the Reserves for Iraq, they about crapped themselves. What had been a nice payday with a couple weeks of drilling in the summer became the real deal. Rummy had to remind them to look at the paperwork they signed to join the Reserves. As to joining the Armed Forces, no kid thinks "it looks like fun", after a couple days in Basic Training. They find out pretty fast they got muscles they didn't know they had, will put up with abuse they never dreamed of, and are being turned into something they never thought possible.

As to PTSD, that is no "disorder"....perfectly natural to be half-nuts after exposure to combat. The issue is more a separation-anxiety than a long-term problem. As long as the DOD utilizes the cool-down time after a tour in which the GI is still around his kind but not deployed, there is little to no PTSD. As any combat-Vet will tell you, there are tricks of the trade to live a normal life after a war. There will be nightmares, quick-to-anger episodes, and moody periods in which the Troop must be just left alone. I've always thought sunny weather was one of the best cures for sorrow, so the Warrior should find as much of it as he can.

As to the scammers, of course there are thousands of them. A portion of the MIAs in Vietnam ended up in Cholon in the drug trade or fled into Thailand or stowed away on a freighter to Australia. The one benefit I believe we who saw action and a lot of it, (and a DD214 to prove it), should never pay another dime of income tax.

 

[debbiedowner]

yep.....the only time they care is at election time.....and they might throw them a bone every now and then....

You might want to take a look at the number of veterans related bills that have already passed the house and then watch how many of them are blocked by the commiecrats in the senate.

Search Bills in Congress - GovTrack.us

The house is trying to address many of the problems.


.

I saw no one blocking anything, I saw passed house on to senate, I saw a few passed by house and senate and on the way to President to sign,

The obstructionist commiecrats are slow walking everything, there are more than 200 bills and more than 100 nominations waiting on senate action. These sobs should stay in DC and do their freaking jobs.


.

After I posted I watched a live FB feed of VSO's at a DAV meeting and maybe they might get the choice program working better than it had been. I didn't see the whole meeting but sounded good. I work with a couple vets that it did not work for and then listen to some other guys at the VA center I use once in awhile.

The only problem I've had is they take too long to pay the bills. They only have one payment center in Memphis, I got collection calls before they finally paid. They sent me to a local dentist because the VA in Houston is 50 miles away, that worked out great but it took 4 months to get it approved and the provider was already approved, they had already used her for several patients.


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Your problems and also the fact one of my friends who could not find cardiologists that would take it without him having some kind of other insurance are the same problems I've heard about.

 

[OKTexas]

You might want to take a look at the number of veterans related bills that have already passed the house and then watch how many of them are blocked by the commiecrats in the senate.

Search Bills in Congress - GovTrack.us

The house is trying to address many of the problems.


.

I saw no one blocking anything, I saw passed house on to senate, I saw a few passed by house and senate and on the way to President to sign,

The obstructionist commiecrats are slow walking everything, there are more than 200 bills and more than 100 nominations waiting on senate action. These sobs should stay in DC and do their freaking jobs.


.

After I posted I watched a live FB feed of VSO's at a DAV meeting and maybe they might get the choice program working better than it had been. I didn't see the whole meeting but sounded good. I work with a couple vets that it did not work for and then listen to some other guys at the VA center I use once in awhile.

The only problem I've had is they take too long to pay the bills. They only have one payment center in Memphis, I got collection calls before they finally paid. They sent me to a local dentist because the VA in Houston is 50 miles away, that worked out great but it took 4 months to get it approved and the provider was already approved, they had already used her for several patients.


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Your problems and also the fact one of my friends who could not find cardiologists that would take it without him having some kind of other insurance are the same problems I've heard about.

Cardiologist at the VA hospital in Houston took great care of me and did it in a very timely manner. With the exception of slow payments on an ER visit and slow approval for a local dentist I really can't complain about my 17 years of care at VA.

 

[9thIDdoc]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

A fake problem / illness or an over-inflated problem perpetuated by attorneys?
Where there's cash there's chaos, lying and deceit.

How many do you estimate might be faking PTSD? I have a friend that knew a guy that faked back injuries when he got out and not only did he finally received SSDI he also was awarded 80% VA disability. The kid was 22.

I also had a guy 33 I sat with the first year of obamacare that had been out of the Navy around 6 months, pretty much overweight and bragged he was receiving something like 60% for sleep apnea. He had this shit eating grin on his face while telling me this. Wanted to reach over smack him. But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

I have no idea what the percentages are but I'm concerned the can of worms has been opened.
You have to be "tuff-minded" if you're going to choose certain professions. How long before every doctor, officer, fireman and EMT require some sort of PTSD payment funded by taxpayers?

"...but I'm concerned the can of worms has been opened."

Are you equality concerned when a car crash victim exaggerates their injuries? I would think there is far far more of that going on.
I am a Vietnam veteran. I am far more concerned about the lives lost or ruined in the decades it took for the Nation to finally admit a problem existed and belatedly decided to try and help. Too little; too late mostly. Denial is especially tempting when it saves you money isn't it? Easier to avoid paying debts if you pretend they are not owed.

"You have to be "tuff-minded" if you're going to choose certain professions."

If you knew more about what you are talking about you would understand that being "tuff-minded" has nothing to do with anything and that is especially true of those of us who were drafted.

 

[WinterBorn]

I am seeing posts about "Until our disabled veterans have the prosthetics they need, no money should be spent on sex change operations".

Don't we remember the "Until no veteran is homeless, no refugees should be brought here"?

Did the homeless veterans get anything? No.

I was born in 1960. I remember, as a child, hearing grownups talk about how terrible it was that the disabled veterans returning from Vietnam could not get the medical and psychological help they needed. That was 50 years ago. The simple truth is that disabled veterans have been being screwed for decades. The people in charge DO NOT CARE. The ONLY time they pay attention to disabled veterans is when they can parade them out to further some agenda.

And its funny that they can't find money for the brave men & women who BELIEVED our promises to take care of them. But we can find $1.6 billion for a wall that will not solve the illegal immigration problem. That is BILLION!

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, the US gov't will not pay for a single weekend at Mar-Lo (or whatever it is called)?

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, no US Senator or member of the House of Representative will receive pay or benefits"?

As long as VA benefits are treated as a "WE will pay for them if we have extra money", every single US citizen should be ASHAMED of how our disabled veterans are treated. And by the very entity that promised to take care of them.

The only thing more vile, disgusting, and horrendous than the way our disabled (and I am including homeless veterans here, because many, if not all, their mental issues stem from their service) are treated, it is parading them out to further an agenda.

And before anyone starts pointing fingers across the aisle (the typical "It is THEIR fault"), let me remind you that in MY LIFETIME, there have been 12 presidents (7 republican and 5 democrats) and not one of them fixed the problem. There have been 11 Speakers of the House in that same time span. And not one of them pushed thru a bill to take care of our disabled veterans.

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, the US gov't will not pay for a single weekend at Mar-Lo (or whatever it is called)?

How about "Until every disabled veteran gets what they need, no US Senator or member of the House of Representative will receive pay or benefits"

How about we stop importing filthy, third world future Democrats from the brown south by any means necessary? Stop the mass degradation of our nation and save $100 billion a year? Seems like the easier, right thing to do...no? .
We could take care of our vets and a lot of REAL American's with that kind of dough. Imagine all the Section 8 housing we could offer to homeless vets instead of the silver tooth anchors that Guadalupe and Manuel dropped. Whatta ya say?

Yet again, someone wants to blame their favorite fear.

Was there a big problem with illegal immigration back in the 1960s and 1970s? Is that why the vets then didn't get the care they needed?

If we stopped all the illegal immigration, do you really think anything would change for our disabled vets?

 

[WinterBorn]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

Yeah, I saw that thread. I have no words for how despicable some of those posts were.

 

[WinterBorn]

Obama and the douchebag Dem's taxed the shit out of Vet's prosthetics, the tax is buried in the 2,000 page douchebag Obamacare bill.

Right. Keep pretending that it is the Dems doing all the bad stuff, and the Repubs are here to save the day.

Shit like that is why we have the VA we do. You are more concerned about slamming the opposition than about helping the vets.

 

[WinterBorn]

From what I have seen done to my brother who went to viet nam twice it would be rather easy to cure the disease. One is to have vet preference in hiring. Another is to have a VA that can do more than just say, What you have isn't a war wound. Those who came home heroin addicts, deaf from close encounters with bombs, mentally deranged by the horrors experienced, need to be recognized as war wound.
The homeless are another area of mental sickness.

Interestingly enough, we had a very active thread about a month ago where many of our Right wing posters declared that PTSD was a fake problem.

A fake problem / illness or an over-inflated problem perpetuated by attorneys?
Where there's cash there's chaos, lying and deceit.

How many do you estimate might be faking PTSD? I have a friend that knew a guy that faked back injuries when he got out and not only did he finally received SSDI he also was awarded 80% VA disability. The kid was 22.

I also had a guy 33 I sat with the first year of obamacare that had been out of the Navy around 6 months, pretty much overweight and bragged he was receiving something like 60% for sleep apnea. He had this shit eating grin on his face while telling me this. Wanted to reach over smack him. But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

But don't you think a good percentage of actual combat vets may have PTSD?

I have no idea what the percentages are but I'm concerned the can of worms has been opened.
You have to be "tuff-minded" if you're going to choose certain professions. How long before every doctor, officer, fireman and EMT require some sort of PTSD payment funded by taxpayers?

"tuff minded"?? WTF? So you think if our boys who went to serve were just tougher they wouldn't have any mental problems from combat??

And you know this how? You ever watch a buddy die screaming? I guess if you are tough enough that won't bother you. You ever watch children dying in a war zone? I guess being tough helps you forget that, huh?

 

[BluesLegend]

Obama and the douchebag Dem's taxed the shit out of Vet's prosthetics, the tax is buried in the 2,000 page douchebag Obamacare bill.

Right. Keep pretending that it is the Dems doing all the bad stuff, and the Repubs are here to save the day.

Shit like that is why we have the VA we do. You are more concerned about slamming the opposition than about helping the vets.

Do you deny that Dem's taxed the shit out of Vet prosthetics to fund giving Obamacare handouts to deadbeats? Dude it was all over the news, the tax not only increased costs to Vets many prosthetics manufactures had to ship the manufacturing jobs to China costing American workers their jobs. DEMOCRATS did that hello, and in spite of the outrage over this tax DEMOCRATS refused to get rid of the tax.

Hence Democrats are douchebags its not rocket science.