October 1, 2013 - Commander-in-Chief’s Message to Troops & DOD Personnel on Shutdown Viewing: Tuesday, October 1, 2013; Armed Forces Television read transcript here>>>
Many Spouses of Work in gov jobs, especially of the low paid grunts who actually fight and paid pennies compared to the private merc army built under the bush, now furloughed!!!!
Ripples through those communities, around and near military installations and more, will be felt quickly, very quickly!!
September 30, 2013 - If a government shutdown continues through the end of October, the Veterans Affairs Department said it will have to cut off disability and education benefits payments, which could cause financial devastation to veterans, according to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.Veterans Benefits Administration claims processors will continue to handle disability and education claims during a shutdown, VA said. The department employs roughly 19,000 claims processors.
“VA has excepted VBA claims processors so that it can continue to process claims and beneficiaries will continue to receive their payments,” VA spokeswoman Victoria Dillon said. “However, those benefits are provided through appropriated mandatory funding, and that funding will run out by late October. At that point, VA will be unable to make any payments.” read more>>>
09/30/2013 - By now, the myriad of articles that examine how a Republican government shutdown would affect people has a lot of folks confused, even scared. The truth of the matter is, we know who will be impacted by a shutdown by Republicans, and we know it will be bad. The degree to which it will be bad is what is up in the air, as various government departments finalize their plans for the shutdown event.When it comes to troops and veterans, much of that holds true. We know they're going to be hurt. We know our national security will be hurt. But, we won't really know how bad, until we see it. The question becomes, then, do we really want to tempt fate, to find out?
Here are four impacts the shutdown will have. As a veteran, myself, heading up a veterans group with over 360,000 supporters, I don't think I'd like to find out just how bad this could get.
VETERANS CLAIMS - read more>>>
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