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Why anyone wants the govt involved in something like health care is beyond me. The same crap will happen there.
As vets await checks, VA workers get $24M bonuses - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_veterans_bonuses - broken link)
WASHINGTON – Outside the Veterans Affairs Department, severely wounded veterans have faced financial hardship waiting for their first disability payment. Inside, money has been flowing in the form of $24 million in bonuses.
Totally unacceptable. I am glad to see that this is finally being investigated, though I really do wonder what took so long since it was clearly an issue for some time:
From the OP's link:
"Indiana Rep. Steve Buyer, top Republican on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, urged quick action to fix the problems. "VA must appoint honorable individuals to these critical positions," he said. The VA has faced criticism before in its awarding of bonuses. In 2007, the AP reported that the then-VA secretary had approved a generous package of more than $3.8 million in bonus payments in 2006, citing a need to retain longtime VA executives. "
In the Soviet Union as well as many Eastern Combloc countries in the 50's onward, government workers were rewarded lavishly for their service to the State and for upholding the status quo back then. As you see more people hired by newly formed bureaucracies under the Obama/Bush team, you'll see additional rewards for compliance and obedience. The goal is simple: provide a friendly face on an organization that is both corrupt and inefficient.
There are always crooks in any organization. I am glad this bunch were caught.
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