ayin jade Posted October 23, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 23, 2016 This is pretty bad. Veterans get crushed by debt the feds now claim is owed them. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-national-guard-bonus-20161020-snap-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 The Gov't needs to go after CA, not the Vets. The State of CA needs to pay back the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robert Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 This is an outrageous disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted October 23, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted October 23, 2016 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted October 23, 2016 31 minutes ago, shiloh357 said: The Gov't needs to go after CA, not the Vets. The State of CA needs to pay back the money. I agree they do, but legally they are not allowed to. I have seen incidents this before, though not on this scale. I believe it would take congress changing the law for someone else to be able to pay it back for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 19 hours ago, Out of the Shadows said: I agree they do, but legally they are not allowed to. I have seen incidents this before, though not on this scale. I believe it would take congress changing the law for someone else to be able to pay it back for them. What gets me is that it is Pentagon making this demand. I could understand some civilian Bureaucrat doing this. But you would think that the Pentagon, more than any other government agency, would be sympathetic to these enlisted men, who are not rich, who took those bonuses in good faith, fulfilled their end of the deal and probably were injured in the process if they saw any action, or probably used the money to pay the bills for the birth of a child, or put the money down on a house for their family, or some other important needs. That money is spent. You would think the Pentagon would say, "let's just eat this and not do this to our guys who served." The law needs to be changed. This is just disgraceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted October 23, 2016 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted October 23, 2016 1 minute ago, shiloh357 said: What gets me is that it is Pentagon making this demand. I could understand some civilian Bureaucrat doing this. But you would think that the Pentagon, more than any other government agency, would be sympathetic to these enlisted men, who are not rich, who took those bonuses in good faith, fulfilled their end of the deal and probably were injured in the process if they saw any action, or probably used the money to pay the bills for the birth of a child, or put the money down on a house for their family, or some other important needs. That money is spent. You would think the Pentagon would say, "let's just eat this and not do this to our guys who served." The law needs to be changed. This is just disgraceful. I agree the laws need to be changed, but I am not even sure that the pentagon can just say "well, forget about it". Maybe now with all the publicity something will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted October 24, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,096 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,834 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted October 24, 2016 they should take the military to court to make up the income they would have been able to earn if they had not stayed in the military.... the military is guilty of fraud in getting them to re enlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted October 25, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Update https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawmakers-pentagon-stop-ordering-veterans-repay-bonuses-200508169.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted October 25, 2016 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted October 25, 2016 3 hours ago, ayin jade said: Update https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawmakers-pentagon-stop-ordering-veterans-repay-bonuses-200508169.html Let us hope the two parties can put aside partisan differences long enough to fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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