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From: Gottfried	6/16/2014 1:16:44 AM
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NEWS to me: The Other Veterans Scandal By MICHAEL F. CANNON and CHRISTOPHER PREBLE JUNE 15, 2014 nytimes.com nut shell: we don't budget Veterans’ health and disability benefits until they're due, making the cost of a war look smaller when it ends excerpt: Veterans’ health and disability benefits are some of the largest costs involved in any military conflict, but they are delayed costs, typically reaching their peak 40 or 50 years after the conflict ends. Congress funds these commitments — through the Department of Veterans Affairs — only once they come due. As a result, when Congress debates whether to authorize and fund military action, it can act as if those costs don’t exist. But concealing those costs makes military conflicts appear less burdensome and therefore increases their likelihood. It’s as if Congress deliberately structured veterans’ benefits to make it easier to start wars. The Department of Veterans Affairs is supposed to help wounded veterans, but its current design makes soldiers more likely to get killed or injured in the first place. The scandal isn’t at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The scandal is the Department of Veterans Affairs. Is there a better way? We propose a system of veterans’ benefits that would be funded by Congress in advance. It would allow veterans to purchase life, disability and health insurance from private insurers. Those policies would cover losses related to their term of service, and would pay benefits when they left active duty through the remainder of their lives.[snip] my comment: <sarcasm>let's just privatize wars. Business can do a much better job than government can</sarcasm>

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