On 5/29/2014 6:10 PM, dxAce wrote:

And when will you all wake up to the VA scandal, the Bengazi scandal,
etc., etc.

Benghazi?

Well, they have already had E-I-G-H-T hearings on Benghazi. Maybe they
will find something different on hearing # 9 ???

The VA?

The VA put vets on a phony list. This is absolutely wrong and a bad
thing to do.

But *why* did they do this?

1) As WWII, Korean and Viet Nam vets get older, they naturally require
(much) more medical care.

2) To the vets above, add the vets from a *ten year* war (Iraq) and a
*13 year* war (Afghanistan).

3) The phony list most likely came about because there is a very good
chance that the VA system is being overloaded by the vets in 1) and 2)
above. There are a LOT more vets requiring care. The VA just does not
have enough doctors (read money) to handle this overload.

4) Not enough docs because Congress is not giving the VA enough funding.
As proof of this, a large VA hospital in the capital of a Midwestern
state had to close their ER a few months ago. Not enough funding to
staff it.

Congress has met the enemy and it is THEM.