Comment by nullstyle
16 hours ago
I recommend you search youtube for “va disability 100 percent” and witness the staggering number of channels clearly teaching people to game the system, complete with shush face thumbnails. There seems to be some profligacy from that angle.
Next you’re going to tell me that all those “get rich by buying my book” YouTube channels mean people must be getting rich by buying their books.
So are you saying all of the people who watch these channels (in your analogy they "buy get rich quick books") never try to get a disability status? or they try and never make it?
Or do they go for an interview, get their tinnitus, ibs, or chronic back pain diagnosis then try again for more next time?
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Look, I'm not saying we shouldn't help/trust veterans; My father is a severely disabled Vietnam war vet and gave up his body for the air force over a long career. He deserved to have his stairlift paid for by the taxpayer, but he shouldn't have to fight with corrupt service providers who can't do a proper job installing the thing. He shouldn't have to deal with a contractor that won't repair the botched installation for a year because it would cut into their profit margin.
Similarly, he shouldn't have his services degraded because other vets have found out how to take more than their fair share. I'm open to think there is minimal graft, but my experiences say there is some more going on than I can be supportive of.
Maybe you could provide some data to show how I'm mistaken.
You're the one making the claim and assumption and "gut feeling" so it sounds like YOU are the one needing actual data for your "gut feelings".
Sorry this is the same bullshit people do when they see a person able to stand for a few hours and say "WHY ARE THEY ON DISABILITY" and ignoring the rest of the time they aren't seeing, or the people recovering. This is just hearsay, and since you're the one making these claims, then it behooves YOU to provide the proof.
But it's a nice little racket, make a claim and then demand those who deny it provide the proof. That's now how science or respectable arguments work.
This whole thread is full of such bullshit. And it's so people can feel superior to those who they think are scamming the system (in an ever increasing need to "crack down" on those who "abuse" the system (slowly killing it over time, or until you can get a DOGE in and ransack it like a viking ship plundering coastal communities).
Anyways, citation needed, since you're the one making the claims.
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