Opinion 83,000 VA Employees Slated to Be Fired This Year by Musk's DOGE

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

VA is taking a massive hit. Very unfortunate.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/...p-eliminating-pact-act-staffing-increase.html

"The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to fire more than 80,000 employees under a sweeping reorganization effort being planned to comply with President Donald Trump's orders to slash the federal government, according to an internal VA memo obtained by Military.com.
In the memo, VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek said the department's "initial objective" is to return to 2019 staffing levels of 399,957 employees -- or about 83,000 fewer employees than the VA has right now.



If implemented, the layoffs would bring the department down to the level of employees it had before the PACT Act, the wide-ranging 2022 law that expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service. After the law was passed, the VA under the Biden administration embarked on a massive hiring spree in order to ensure the department could handle the influx of new patients and benefits claims."

 

[Limbo Pete]

Unfortunate isn't the word I would use

 

[Crazy Source]

How can the same people rah-rahing for the military be ok with this? It's morally criminal and might be criminal by law. Our court system is way too fucking slow.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Unfortunate isn't the word I would use

Well, I have a lot more colorful language id perfer to use...

 

[AWilder]

Trump hates the troops.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Unfortunate isn't the word I would use

Well, I have a lot more colorful language I'd perfer to use...

 

[Limbo Pete]

Well, I have a lot more colorful language id perfer to use...

Yyyyyyyyyep

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

How can the same people rah-rahing for the military be ok with this? It's morally criminal and might be criminal by law. Our court system is way too fucking slow.

Military is a prop for people on both sides. Dems and Republicans consistently fuck us over or drag ass on shit we desperately need. Everyone says the support the troops but when you ask them to back anything that actually helps us they disappear

 

[Limbo Pete]

Military is a prop for people on both sides. Dems and Republicans consistently fuck us over or drag ass on shit we desperately need. Everyone says the support the troops but when you ask them to back anything that actually helps us they disappear

This is even worse though. I mean, it's not just a lack of support, it's support being actively eliminated.
Abysmal

 

[Crazy Source]

Military is a prop for people on both sides. Dems and Republicans consistently fuck us over or drag ass on shit we desperately need. Everyone says the support the troops but when you ask them to back anything that actually helps us they disappear

Not saying you're wrong, but how have DEMs fucked over the military?

 

[Sweater of AV]

Does the winning never end?

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Not saying you're wrong, but how have DEMs fucked over the military?

We have long standing pay and living standard issues that they dragged ass on via refusal to be bi partisan. They really only address the social issues of the military. Repealing DADT and allowing trans to enlist is all great, support it 10,000%. But then they ignore years of our senior enlisted meeting with them to reform the pay scale

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Does the winning never end?

Yeah my buddies getting out all fucked up sure feel like winners right now...

 

[MrShady]

I didnt get the memo but apparently VA employees are DEI?

Thanks MAGA. This is what they voted for , never forget!

 

[Crazy Source]

We have long standing pay and living standard issues that they dragged ass on via refusal to be bi partisan. They really only address the social issues of the military. Repealing DADT and allowing trans to enlist is all great, support it 10,000%. But then they ignore years of our senior enlisted meeting with them to reform the pay scale

 

[shunyata]

How can the same people rah-rahing for the military be ok with this? It's morally criminal and might be criminal by law. Our court system is way too fucking slow.

They think supporting our troops is just a matter of flag waiving and mailing batteries to an APO address for deployed family members.

Gutting the VA is fine to them. Tricare is probably next.

Sadly, regardless of anyone's opinions these policies will result in a lot of veterans dying prematurely from lack of medical care, and many veterans have already been fired from federal positions by the Department of Oligarchs Gutting Everything.

 

[shunyata]

Trump hates the troops.

Remember when he dissed the dead marines at Belleau Wood?

 

[Rob Battisti]

This is not the government waste that needs to be cut

 

[Crazy Source]

This is not the government waste that needs to be cut

It's almost like these cuts aren't well thought out, huh?

 

[AWilder]

This is not the government waste that needs to be cut

Cute, you thought these cut were about waste.