Dang Vets - veterans should voluntarily give up their disability benefits to help reduce the deficit. re: former wyoming senator
like ythats gonna save the economy--wait i'm one of those greedy vets--tdd
Thanks for your service Ted. Frankly, I'm not sure our vets get nearly enough benefits.
Maybe former Senators would give up their benefits.
DJJ
Keep tabs on those Tea Partiers. They not only want you to lose your military retirement bennies, they want all benefits gone, to include medicare and social security.
What a douche!
Alan Simpson calls veterans health benefits a drain on the U.S. economy
"...the former Republican Senator from Wyoming, has incensed veterans groups for comments in which is apparently identified the cost of veterans health care benefits as a drain on the U.S. economy....
...Simpson’s remarks came on Tuesday when discussing the cost of treating veterans who are suffering long term health problems as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. Prolonged exposure to Agent Orange causes significant and long term health problems...
...Earlier this week Simpson also attacked Social Security as an entitlement program which he likened to “a milk cow with 310 million tits...."
http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/retirement_for_members.shtml
"...As of October 1, 2000, the average annual pension for members of Congress who have retired under CSRS is $52,464, and $46,932 for retirees under FERS-only or both FERS/CSRS...."
And here you have retired guys like Keith Williams chomping at the bit to vote for people who are going to kick retired folks like him to the curb as their first official act of office.
Amaaaazing.
