Trump administration plans 15% cut to VA workforce

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4 thoughts on “Trump administration plans 15% cut to VA workforce

  1. Just wait until they dump Tricare and force vets into Medicare Advantage plans and lie and claim they’re going to get better and cheaper coverage.

    This is exactly what anyone who voted for Trump was voting for – it was clear as day in his plans. If you claim you didn’t see it coming, you didn’t pay enough attention.

  2. “But the federal government doesn’t exist to employ people,” he continued. “It exists to serve people.” – Can’t serve people if you don’t have the staff, capacity, or resources to serve.

  3. Nothing quite like saying “thanks for you service” like giving horrible service with no people to do that service.
    And trying to complain to The Indiana federal Representatives… Useless… All of them are waiting for their cheesy treat from the mushroom cap…

  4. The whole purpose of hiring more staff throughout the VA was to improve the service to veterans, which by most accounts rated somewhere between horrible on the high side and abysmal or worse on the lower end of the scale.

    This reflects Trusk’s enduring disregard for the military and veterans. He’ll hire a paper warrior like our new Secretary of Defense to talk a good game, but at the beginning, middle, and end of the day he just doesn’t care about the military or veterans.

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