What do you think about the VA cuts?

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Budget and employment cuts are hitting care for veterans. As a supporter of veterans, I find this painful for the veteran community and did not expect this from the current administration. Thoughts?

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  2. TurboT8er Avatar

    It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if done correctly. There are too many people getting full VA benefits who should not be getting full benefits, and that’s a lot of money.

  3. doughboyisking Avatar

    Take all the money for the VA and let the Vets choose their own doctors free of charge

  4. FlippyStix Avatar

    I think that it’s insane that the VA has 482,000 employees. That’s a VA employee for every 12 veterans receiving benefits. So far, Trump has cut 1000 jobs.

  5. hero1975 Avatar

    I am surprised it took this long.

  6. FonzyLumpkins Avatar

    The question you should be asking is “Why have the hundreds of billions of dollars thrown at the VA over the last 4 years done nothing to actually help veterans?”

    Edit: They hired tens of thousands of employees, but it still takes 6 months for me to see a specialist. There’s a lot more phone menus to go through to make an appointment though, so “success”?

  7. StedeBonnet1 Avatar

    What cuts? To date no cuts have been made to any services. A few probationary employees have been cut but considering that the VA has 412,892 employees and a $112 Billion Budget you can’t make me believe that there isn’t some fat to cut.

  8. Libertarian6917 Avatar

    I’d rather the VA be abolished so I could go to the doctors I want. The VA has given me shit care. I only use the VA for very few things.