One area of Veteran affairs that I feel should be cut is burials in National Cemeteries.
I get what you're saying, but I don't think the cemeteries are a huge chunk of the pie, and I don't begrudge them that benefit.
One area of Veteran affairs that I feel should be cut is burials in National Cemeteries.
Oh and many of those getting disability benefits are not ones that lost limbs, have a dozen pins in their back, etc... its the ones that have a sore back, hay fever, etc... I also use to believe that 30%+ disability were hurt troops serving the US. When in fact the majority have some of the most nancy BS concerns like those I listed. Again, I see the forms I know what % they have and why, most are BS and block honest troops and others from jobs and benifits.
LOL, a lot of them pay less as a percentage of taxes than i do. Top 400 taxpayers in 2007 had an effective tax rate of 16%
Yes, raise their fucking taxes.
And that is due to what? Rather than playing the class warfare game it would make more sense to toss out the entire tax code and replace it with one that does nothing but raise revenue for govenment services rather than 100,000 pages of loopholes and nonsense to encourage or prevent some particular economic activity, bestow a benefit to some treasured constituency while punishing their competitors and all the myriad crap that is in our current tax system.
First off, Marines is always capitalized.
Secondly, you offered only one benefit. pcgeek11 asked for a list. It seems you do not know what you are talking about, so do not make comments like you did until you do.
Let's start by doing away with Tax cuts for the top 1%
if you aren't a millionaire, you need to shut the hell up because you don't have a clueLet's start by doing away with Tax cuts for the top 1%
if you aren't a millionaire, you need to shut the hell up because you don't have a clue![]()
And that is due to what? Rather than playing the class warfare game it would make more sense to toss out the entire tax code and replace it with one that does nothing but raise revenue for govenment services rather than 100,000 pages of loopholes and nonsense to encourage or prevent some particular economic activity, bestow a benefit to some treasured constituency while punishing their competitors and all the myriad crap that is in our current tax system.
There's room for veterans' benefits to be cut. For example, if you're a veteran and you pass away your outstanding mortgage is paid off by the government and your family takes the property outright. That is not necessary.
I doubt anyone really wants to put disabled vets on the street, but there needs to be more distinction made between combat veterans (who are more and more rare these days) and perks for former helicopter mechanics.
Drop in the bucket. So what's next, spanky?
Millionaire? It takes more than a couple of million dollars to be in the top 1%. the average net worth of the 1% is over 10 million.if you aren't a millionaire, you need to shut the hell up because you don't have a clue![]()
Let's start by doing away with Tax cuts for the top 1%
Lets pretend that you waived your magic wand and that happened and lets also round up on the revenue it will generate.
So, we have a $1.5ishT deficit and you just raised $100B and just for shits and giggles lets say you can get another $100B from closing loopholes.
$1.3T or so to go, whats your next step?
unfortunately, it's been settled in this thread that unless the cuts directly affect you, you shouldn't have a say.Millionaire? It takes more than a couple of million dollars to be in the top 1%. the average net worth of the 1% is over 10 million.
http://www.osjspm.org/101_wealth.aspx#4
The last thing they needed was a tax cut.
It has?unfortunately, it's been settled in this thread that unless the cuts directly affect you, you shouldn't have a say.
LOL, you do realize the biggest reason those rich people pay 16% as an effective tax rate is because the capital gains tax rate is cut and not 100K pages of loopholes, right?
Lets pretend that you waived your magic wand and that happened and lets also round up on the revenue it will generate.
So, we have a $1.5ishT deficit and you just raised $100B and just for shits and giggles lets say you can get another $100B from closing loopholes.
$1.3T or so to go, whats your next step?
It has?
As I said earlier:
For all that think they need to cut these benefits and have never served, well you need to shut the hell up as you don't have a clue.
everything has a price tag. couldn't you make the exact same argument about firemen and policemen?When it comes to the Military Pay and Benefits, how do you put a Price on something when the person has put their very existence on the line? It's not even that though, they have also sacrificed various Freedoms in joining the Military. If they are ordered to Antarctica, that's where they go, leave their Family/Friends behind, be there as long as someone else decides, and it's not just them who are affected as their Spouse/Children also pay the price of it as well.
If an attempt was made to Pay in Wages alone, surely such sacrifice would be Worth $millions and not the pittance they receive. All the side Benefits may seem excessive, but even if someone took advantage of all of them, the Cost would still not equal the true Price their sacrifice was worth. IMO.
Military and SS needs major cuts as well.
Anything over 8% should start major cuts now.
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Cutting veteran's benefits should be way down on the priority list where military affairs are concerned.
One of the main reasons why many of the benefits are offered is for recruiting purposes. Cut benefits and you threaten the All Volunteer Armed Services. Manpower shortfalls still exist, and anything you take away from the benefits package will definetly hurt recruiting and retention, no two ways about it.
If cuts in defense spending need to be made, then take it out of the slice that provides for all that corporate welfare that gets handed out by the untold $billions$ no questions asked first, instead of taking benefits that most veterans can't do without. There's much more fat that can be trimmed there than from our veterans. And yes, I am biased as I'm military retired myself, but the facts stand on their own.
Why does Bachmann not even mention making cuts from the white collared side of the Defense Dept. where the bulk of the largesse/wasted $$$ is found rather than from the people who are where the rubber hits the road?
It takes a LOT of things to happen up the chain of command to get a soldier to shoot one bullet.
If you're going to cut, you can cut the cost of the bullet for a pence or go up the chain for a million.
