VA disability and getting a trucking job...

Of all of the BS our tax dollars pay for the one thing I will NEVER complain about is money paid to our service members and Veterans.

Freedom isn't free - there is a human as well as a monetary cost.

Those who have so selflessly given their service to our country deserve every benefit available to them and more. To believe differently is simply un-American.

 

Snake is lucky. My power went out just as I finished my 5000 word post.

All I'll say now is you don't know how good you got it or where your freedom comes from. Any real man that is brave enough to fight for our country so you and your kids can have what they have, deserves the up most respect of every US citizen. If you lived in a mud hut and ate rice twice a week, you might be willing to compensate someone that gets shot in the leg or who gets some strange disease trying to make your life better.
Sure they are able to work. But most at a reduced speed or something from keeping them from earning their full potential. If anyone deserves compensation, it's a hurt vet and their family. Show some respect. Soldiers and vets deserve alot more than what they get.

 

I agree. I would gladly give back my disability money to the(all of us) taxpayers if the taxpayers would take back my disability. I don't want to start or continue an argument, but each veteran, wheather disabled or healthy, during wars or peacetime, they have all protected our rights to free speech, so talk on bro.

 

Let's see I keep my 50% because I have one leg about 3/4 of an inch shorter then my other because of my knee injury, I was hit by 3 IEDs in Afghanistan one of which was on foot and was about 6 feet from me when it went off that's tramatic brain injuries, my back from the rock bigger then my head that hit me from that explosion, my ankle from an injury in boot camp, my shoulders from wearing a flak jacket and a pack along with carrying my machine gun around for miles.... There is more but I hate typing on my iPhone.

 

Medical treatment as long as you need it, for injuries/diseases you get during service is fine. Being paid extra money, just because, is what I don't agree with, when you are perfectly capable of doing the same job that I am.
I believe that serving in the military is a privilege and honor in itself. It's what your supposed to do as an American. If you're compensated for the rest of your life, is it really "sacrifice"?
If you stop and help a motorist, and are injured, do you expect compensation for the rest of your life from the person you helped? Or isn't it something that you do just because it's right, humans helping humans. Isn't protecting America, and her "inherent rights" enough reward in itself?

 

Honestly if I could sleep a normal night, go one day without having the pictures and thoughts of what I have done and seen in afghanistan come up, and go through life not having depression problems, anxiety problems, and anger issues now yes I would have no problem taking full medical treatment as compensation for my injuries but thats not how it works. I didnt even know about compensation and disability benefits until about 3 weeks before I got out of the service. I did not care about any of this until they started telling us about how it al works and then knowing my medical history while I was in.

 

I could;t have said it better Great post.

 

It doesn't cost Joe Taxpayer even a nickel out of their paycheck every week to compensate vets. That's diddly compared to real gov't waste out there. You mean you wouldn't give a vet $50 across the course of your worklife Snake? That's all you are contributing.

Excellent post Nerdybiker!

 

Like I said from the begining, I know most won"t agree with me.

And you're welcome.