American veterans need to give up their benefits, Ukrainians veterans deserves benefits more, because they are giving up their lives to defend democrazy.

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Freedom is not free! Visit VA hospital . Viet NAM lasted 10 years. STOP WAR!

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Veteran’s deserve to get paid after their service. They signed a blank check when they signed up, they should never be forgotten or questioned about it. My son is a Marine Corps veteran. He gets a disability check and works. Side note, I don’t use stickers either but I’m going to try it. God Bless and thank you for your service.

Cut politicians benefits 😊😊

The economist is owned by a left wing British company with ties to good old China.

No.

USNavy , medically retired, here. The author of this “article “ is incredibly uninformed about the effects of service on many veterans. Stop sending our finest into battle. That, and only that, will create fewer disabled veterans. If you break our bones, amputate our limbs, limit our mental functioning, create permanent damage to our minds and psyches - you need to provide care. All I can dream of is living the life I had hoped and prayed and served to obtain, which is impossible to me.

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100 percent P and T for military sexual assault and SSDI, 5,500 a month tax free for life. They owe us everything.

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It’s not the veterans it’s all the SSI disability people on drugs and can’t work that are living like a king .

Disability veterans who are physically and emotionally handicap get the poverty level

Veterans need more! Dental and compensation for life! When a veteran gets ill they end up loosing their life insurance because they get sued and end up loosing social security checks that paid the premiums

I know some veterans who were highly paid professionals who took a very big cut in pay when they stoped working because of their service connected disabilities. They could not safely work anymore. The VA made some of them 100% disabled. It’s not about the money!

Republicans hate veterans. Trump even threatened Don, Jr. with oermanent disownment (and disinheriting) when he tried to enlist.

lots of people talk the talk but never had the balls to walk the walk. if it was not for us veterans cupcakes like yourself would be living a very hard life, trust me sweetheart.

We deserve every benefit that we receive who ever wrote this article doesn’t know what they are talking about because obviously they are not veterans themselves and also yes I even though I’m 100% P &T as a matter of fact I work for veterans affairs and not stay at home eating bonbon s and drinking hot cocoa

Were you Navy special warfare? Curious how a Navy vet gets 90%? I always thought high % ratings exclusively went to combat arms MOS and deployed vets.

Do not entertain Trump and Musk. The military holds the power. Without the military there is no America!

As a Marine I urge all military personnel to stand down against Trump and Musk. It's time to call their bluff. The Generals need to stand up! As troops if we stand down, it's over. America is done .

Those vet’s don’t deserve anything in my opinion.

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Veterans' Health Care Could Be Cut by Department of Government Efficiency MAGA allies plot path for Trump to buck the Constitution and stay in power for a third term By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR 15:42 16 Dec 2024, updated 17:57 16 Dec 2024 Published Nov 14, 2024 at 11:45 AM EST President-elect Donald Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency could impact health care for veterans if plans to cut appropriations for expired bills go ahead. Trump announced on Tuesday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamywould spearhead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, once he takes office in January. Trump said DOGE, which will not be an official government department, will "slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies." Ramaswamy, who ran for the Republicanpresidential nomination before suspending his campaign in January, has since said that money spent on expired government programs should be stopped. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Ramaswamy cited the $516 billion spent on expired acts for the 2024 fiscal year. "There are 1,200+ programs that are no longer authorized but still receive appropriations," which he described as "totally nuts" and advocated for saving "hundreds of billions" of dollars each year by "defunding government programs that Congress no longer authorizes."

Can someone explain how MST-PTSD is easier to prove than tinnitus, yet MST-PTSD awards beyong 50% on most claims and tinnitus is generally 10%? Does a veteran trully have a significantly higher liklihood of being sexually assaulted than being exposed to loud noises that induces tinnitus?

I am a Navy vet, and I am getting my benefits. I just recently learned about them because my brother taught me about them. I am getting an 80% rating. I got PSTD from having been in Iraq. I am still working.

One particular political Party is interested in cutting V.A. benefits. BIGLY hint, it's the one that loves to pay lip service to the military and the troops. If you pay attention, more often than not, it's the opposition Party that often fights tooth and nail to secure funding for the troops and veterans. The other Party that merely pays lip service often has to be guilted into actually supporting the troops. Elections have real world repercussions.

No send these economist to Afghanistan and Iraq for 6 months …see how they like…they have no understanding… I was forced to work for years bc they refused to appropriately address my disabilities properly…now having to attempt to get thru each day best I can thru extreme pain…

Yes, Bush put us into to 2 wars that last 20 years….how many veterans do you think came back with serious disabilities when they, Bush and Trump, never served in war? I stopped going to the VA when they first put stuff in my record that was not true and the other other just wanted to keep tapping my insurance…not getting actual test reports until it was no longer relevant, being Misdiagnosed with 4 serious diseases that I never had and refused to send me to get the “real” test stating “we don’t do that” causing mental and emotional distress. Now, I do not trust any doctor nor will I ever again.

Veterans absolutely get benefits for type 2 diabetes that is not service related www.google.com/search?q=does+veterans+get+ratings+for+type+2+diabetes&oq=does+veterans+get+ratings+for+type+2+diabetes&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDk2MzFqMGo3qAIPsAIB&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

My back pain , knee injury are on my service health record but we’re denied. I was a machinist’s mate in the Navy. I was exposed on the Agent Orange

I am 70% unemployable .....which automatically raises me to 100% permanent and total disability. I would have rather worked and retired normally instead of having PTSD, major depression, failed marriage and dealing with the beaurocracy within the VA Healthcare System especially for women. The VA Healthcare System is where l go for care physically and mentally.

But our God and Savior Trump said we veterans are SUCKERS AND LOSERS! He openly attacked the late Sen. John McCain who when he ejected from his fighter broker both his arms and a leg. He landed in the water and worked to stop himself from drowning. Then the locals pulled him out and started to beat him. Then the NVA showed up, beat him more, injured his shoulder and bayonetted. Aka stabbed him. And our God and Savior Trump cried "he didn't even try to DEFEND HIMSELF!" A true Evangelical leader. Honestly, they should take everything us vets have, and make us live under the bridges.

I say give veterans all the benefits they need and more. They volunteered their lives and we civilians owe it to them.

Thank you for the video. I am an ARNG vet with a 50% disability rating. It took a two year fight to even get them and several injuries were not accounted for. Despite them being sustained during the same incident, I was told that the injuries were not connected... I am employed. My benefits certainly help me and my family but they are by no means enough to live off of. This targeted attack disgusts me.

Fantastic video, Ms. Wendy. Yes, more veterans are claiming benefits. We have been in some type of conflict since 9/11. So many people have done 2 deployments, 4 deployments, and extended deployments. It is going to affect every aspect of our lives whether we notice it or not.

sounds like the va needs more money for the orgies they have been having...

You speak the truth, but shipmate or warrior, you don't have to defend yourself to these liberal university professors or journalists. I bet they've never served & don't know what that means. They go home to their comfortable houses with all the conveniences. Yes, they have freedom of speech, but I bet they'll be the first ones to censure your voice. Put them in military conditions, they won't last a day.

I get 100% after 8 years of fighting VFW helped me.

Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta,Georgia is the best hospital, I rather go there than community hospital

We will fight for it. One podcaster said they think jan6 was something

It took me 8 years to get my benefits. Lost a lung and my lower back damaged for life, have to take gabapentin to relieve nerve pain. I started at 10%.

Go Navy

As a lifelong tax paying non-serving person who gets exactly zero of any V.A. benefits, um yea. Still, I do think ALL Americans need to be treated fairly - not just those who happened to be healthy enough to make the choice to serve.