What I find great/interesting is in 08 it was Obama and now it’s Trump. These were the last times highest young voter turnout occurred.
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When Utah says let’s transfer public lands to states, Hunt Talk is up in arms.
When Chester Cheeto funds GAOA in his first term to target deferred maintenance, then let’s Project 2025 drive his agenda in his second term, half of Hunt Talk is like: wait and see what happens. He cares about us.
When Chester Cheeto funds GAOA in his first term to target deferred maintenance, then let’s Project 2025 drive his agenda in his second term, half of Hunt Talk is like: wait and see what happens. He cares about us.
Kinda the trend of hunttalk anymore
noharleyyet
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Half?When Utah says let’s transfer public lands to states, Hunt Talk is up in arms.
When Chester Cheeto funds GAOA in his first term to target deferred maintenance, then let’s Project 2025 drive his agenda in his second term, half of Hunt Talk is like: wait and see what happens. He cares about us.
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The latest revelation that really bothers me is that a huge proportion of the money spent by junior enlisted (if they have families, poverty level) service members was diverted to something while they were fed crap. After fighting a 20 year war.
www.military.com
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army
The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members.
Nick87
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I'd be curious to see where that actually went.The latest revelation that really bothers me is that a huge proportion of the money spent by junior enlisted (if they have families, poverty level) service members was diverted to something while they were fed crap. After fighting a 20 year war.
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army
The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members.
BuzzH
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But no problem with the VA firing (via president musk's directive) 1000 probationary employees that care for veterans?The latest revelation that really bothers me is that a huge proportion of the money spent by junior enlisted (if they have families, poverty level) service members was diverted to something while they were fed crap. After fighting a 20 year war.
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army
The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members.
Faux outrage, at its finest.
Carnage2011
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Can’t we agree that both of these are shitty things? Or is it all about the whataboutism?
BuzzH
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Oh sure.
However, IMO, having veterans suffering from all kinds of illnesses, diseases, cancer, etc. longer than they have to because 1000 people were fired for no cause that can help them...just seems a bigger deal than junk food.
Could be too I just got off the phone with a very good friend of mine that uses the VA for his cancer treatments from exposure to agent orange.
He's the guy on the right in this picture.
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Are you saying he will no longer get treatment from the VA?Oh sure.
However, IMO, having veterans suffering from all kinds of illnesses, diseases, cancer, etc. longer than they have to because 1000 people were fired for no cause that can help them...just seems a bigger deal than junk food.
Could be too I just got off the phone with a very good friend of mine that uses the VA for his cancer treatments from exposure to agent orange.
He's the guy on the right in this picture.
BuzzH
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The level of service for Veterans is already suspect due to staffing shortages.
Is it your contention that care will be better with 1000 less staff?
Or is it that you just hate veterans and would rather keep that extra dollar in taxes you pay in your pocket? You sound like a true patriot.
ismith
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Plenty of money wasted by the VA that should be benefiting veterans and is not.
BuzzH
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How is firing 1000 staff going to help that? Go on...
Firing 1000 probationary employees will be a big help in dealing with this problem:
OIG Determination of Veterans Health Administration’s Severe Occupational Staffing Shortages Fiscal Year 2024
The VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 (VCQEA) requires the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) to determine, annually, a minimum of five clinical and five nonclinical Veterans Health Administration (VHA) occupations with the largest staffing shortages within each VHA medical center (f
The OIG surveyed VHA-identified facility points of contact to determine severe occupational staffing shortages at each facility. Among the most significant findings in this year’s staffing report were the following:
• Facilities reported 2,959 severe occupational staffing shortages in fiscal year (FY) 2024. This was a 5 percent decrease from FY 2023.
• Every year since 2014, the Medical Officer and Nurse occupations were identified as severe shortages in OIG’s annual determination of occupational staffing shortages reports. In FY 2024, 86 percent of facilities reported severe occupational staffing shortages for Medical Officer, and 82 percent of facilities reported severe shortages for Nurse.
• Psychology was the most frequently reported clinical occupation with severe staffing shortages and the most frequently reported Hybrid 38 severe shortage occupation. Custodial Worker was the most frequently reported nonclinical occupation staffing shortage.
• Of the 139 facilities surveyed, 137 reported at least one severe occupational staffing shortage, while two facilities identified no severe occupational staffing shortages.
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ismith
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I agree, they should be firing a many more than that. A lot of veterans, including myself, would like to see some major changes to the archaic VA medical system.
I've personally seen factory workers sleeping on shift at a local factory. Their primary customer isn't DoD, but they do produce things for them.
ismith
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Critically understaffed with the people that are actually needed to treat veterans. Community care went along ways to improving the health care veterans receive, but even that program has a massive amount of waste.
Veterans would probably be better served if the VA would transition from a medical system to an insurance provider, imo.
BuzzH
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Right, so they can be denied treatment by a CEO because it cuts into profits.
For instance:
Ogden man denied lifesaving liver transplant by insurance company
An Ogden man has been denied a lifesaving liver transplant from his brother by his insurance company.
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Right, so they can be denied treatment by a CEO because it cuts into profits.
For instance:
Ogden man denied lifesaving liver transplant by insurance company
An Ogden man has been denied a lifesaving liver transplant from his brother by his insurance company.
Why would the VA have a CEO? I’m not saying it should be privatized insurance.
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