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| CBO considering 'means testing' for VA disability payments among other nasty ways to cut spending |
| 2023-03-23 |
| [Hot Air] There are some interesting suggestions in the Congressional Budget Office’s ideas for paring operating expenses, in particular, the Veterans Administration. Reading one of them late last night was pretty alarming — it discusses adding a "means test" or income threshold to veterans receiving disability payments. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Long predicted. It would have happened even without the current drain on the public purse by the inflow of illegals — in fact was expected sooner, but raising the retirement age by a few years plus increasing paycheck withholding for Social Security and Medicare ...plus increased employment during the Trump years all slowed down the emptying of the bookkeeping reservoir. Unfortunately, no matter how just, promises made that can’t be kept will not be. I need to be means tested because I managed my life prudently? That’s long been the case, NN2N1. Be proud of yourself that you ensured you can afford to go on despite being so mistreated. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-03-23 21:37 |
| #8 If you earn more than $25k, half of your SS benefits are taxable. If you earn more than $34k -- you know, the evil, rapacious rich -- 85% are taxable. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2023-03-23 17:31 |
| #7 So far the SS means testing has been limited to making up to 85% of benefits count as taxable income for those of higher income, under the rationalization that those benefits derived from employer contributions and growth, so the recipient hadn’t yet paid taxes on them (unlike the 15% + that were paid in from after-tax income. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2023-03-23 14:32 |
| #6 So, because I worked a second career and managed the disabilities from my military career and their impacts, to be successful at it as well, and paid Social Security Taxes for 45 years, all resulting in a decent retirement income, I need to be means tested because I managed my life prudently? Like the military career promise of lifetime healthcare, a convenient series of justifications will end up breaking another solemn contract between citizen and state. The worst part of it, is the utter insult, that they will do this, not for a national emergency or disaster, but to pay for healthcare and hotel rooms for illegal aliens and transgender surgery. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-03-23 11:52 |
| #5 I got news for you, SS is already means testing. Raj can explain if he's not too busy. |
| Posted by: Bill Greans6336 2023-03-23 09:32 |
| #4 They already introduced screening for service related injuries and disabilities, ranking them on a scale to the degree it effects the applicant and then the priority that applicant receives. They have always been very parsimonious on recognizing the degree of disability due to service. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-03-23 09:15 |
| #3 What's everybody complaining about? We have to pay Ukraine's civil servants somehow. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-03-23 07:14 |
| #2 #1 'Means Testing' for Social Security soon to follow. Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-23 05:06|| 2023-03-23 05:06|| Front Page || Comments Top Beso, And military retirements - civil service retirements of course will be off the table. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-03-23 06:11 |
| #1 'Means Testing' for Social Security soon to follow. Less than 2% enter the military. A much, much smaller percentage of that 2% qualify for some form of disability. For those who DO qualify, a majority of the disability comp is a tax deduction based on a percentage of disability, NOT actual cash payments. Other than a thrashing of Trump voting veterans, what would the gov't gain from a reduction of VA benefits ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-03-23 05:06 |