Trumps proposal could slash benefits for veterans

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Veterans advocates say a proposal from the Trump administration that would dramatically cut monthly stipends to individual veterans is “dead on arrival” in Congress.

Although President Donald Trump’s proposed budget plan for the 2018 fiscal year would increase spending across the Department of Veterans Affairs, the proposal would also slash individual unemployment benefits for disabled veterans by more than $40.8 billion over 10 years.

The cuts could mean a reduction of as much as $22,000 per year for some eligible veterans, advocates say.

Individual unemployment benefits are paid to veterans who are disabled as a result of military service and can’t work.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/14/trump-budget-proposal-slash-benefits-veterans-dead-arrival-congress/395765001/

[SHRED]

1. And yet the military has many many republicans in it

Trump voters.

[democratisphere]

2. They must see and feel the pain of their illegitimate president's decisions before

they will believe it.

[TexasProgresive]

3. A die in the wool r'Puke

To them the only good veteran is a dead one. No need for benefits. I wish this was sarcasm but it's not. This will impact one of my sons.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[Docreed2003]

5. Such a "friend to veterans"...smdh