Well I guess they did find some wasted benefits - just not where you expect

[Indus]

No it's not the people who need the benefits.. it's the people delivering the benefits or setting up the system that are the problem!

Anyone surprised??

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'm not surprised that we occasionally find this sort of thing, so that the anecdotal facts of the matter destroy public trust and respect in our institutions and in the people who work for those institutions.

I was taking care of my bedbound elderly Moms. I needed help. I thought I would croak I was working so hard after my brother died. I finally got together what it took to apply for VA Spousal benefits for my Moms -- because my father had served four years in WWII before he died in 1957.

I am so grateful for VA. I am so grateful to the people who helped me firsthand from VA. Part of VA's arrangement allowed you to send an "intention to file" your claim which they would receive by such and such a date. Once you filed the 30-page application and it was accepted, they would reimburse the monthly amount of the claim from the time you sent the intention letter to the time you received the first deposit of "Aid and Attendance" benefits. So we were supposed to receive a check for $3,500 in that regard. Someone in the local post office stole it. There had been a rash of these thefts in the last year and in my local community.

They eventually got us the money, and I'm hoping that Treasury, VA and the USPS were able to identify the thief and terminate his/her operations.

This is a sign of our times. It is a sign of our national character. While most government employees are honest and take their jobs seriously, individuals like the one in the video and the one who stole our check go astray.

And why would they do that? Well, for starters, half the electorate that voted elected a criminal as president. We're never going to be "Great Again" when average citizens behave this way. What way was that? Well, electing a criminal, first. And second, ignoring normal moral behavior out of petty greed and a sense that the person is inconsequential and will never be identified.

 

[SMOGZINN]

I'm not surprised that we occasionally find this sort of thing, so that the anecdotal facts of the matter destroy public trust and respect in our institutions and in the people who work for those institutions.

There are millions of federal employees. It should come to no surprise to anyone that occasionally someone does something bad.
Overall, most federal employees actually want to do right by the citizens we serve. I am a federal employee, and I am always aware that it is the American people's money I am spending when I am working. But honestly, this administration is making it hard to be sincere in federal service. We are being told constantly by this administration that they do not like us and wishes we would quit. The administration is intentionally making our jobs harder, so we are less efficient, and has morale at an all-time low. Even when the building I am in was attacked by a terrorist our moral was not this bad. It is a recipe for creating disgruntled workers, which in turn will cause a lot more problems.

 

[hal2kilo]

There are millions of federal employees. It should come to no surprise to anyone that occasionally someone does something bad.
Overall, most federal employees actually want to do right by the citizens we serve. I am a federal employee, and I am always aware that it is the American people's money I am spending when I am working. But honestly, this administration is making it hard to be sincere in federal service. We are being told constantly by this administration that they do not like us and wishes we would quit. The administration is intentionally making our jobs harder, so we are less efficient, and has morale at an all-time low. Even when the building I am in was attacked by a terrorist our moral was not this bad. It is a recipe for creating disgruntled workers, which in turn will cause a lot more problems.

I must confess, my dad used to bring home a government ball point pen every once in a while.