POW benefit claimants exceed recorded POWs   

GOOD POINT MARISSA !!! I didn't think of that, so I thank you. SO THEN... there's a lot more to it than what we're told and to what the big wigs are doing, no? Hmmmm...

It's all told on a Need to Know basis & I guess we don't need to know!!!

The article cites several examples of Veterans that were falsly claiming POW status.

I am sorry I didn't read the link..I was pressed for time I had my hubby hollering to tell me to hurry up and so I just whizzed off a answer without following the link, I am sorry that I did so because I guess I wasn't able to give a better answer since I didn't read it. I do usually 95% of the time follow the links.

Well the problem is that the VA awards benefits, but evidently does not always check the DoD list to verify applicants' claims Now that is why so many people get away with the lies they tell..They need to do their jobs or get someone who will do it correcting and start checking the Defense Department records.

I guess we'll forgive ya this time...

Ok..so that means I get to keep my bunny?..."Becky grovels.."

*hands Becky extra large chocolate bunny*

NOT ME! I'm awarding a "bird" to everybody that doesn't read the link

Just kidding...I just had to say that. I was extremely bothered by the women metioned, which claimed to've been POW's during Vietnam. GEEZ !!! I DON'T THINK SO !!!!

Thanks..for the bunny..since it will be the only one I am getting for Easter.."Becky takes a bite off of the bunny's ear and is in chocolate heaven.."


If it is the type of "bird" I think it is no thanks..

The government is not geting scammed Tamara, WE THE PEOPLE ARE, because we fund the asistance through taxes, as do the military men and women too. But the worst affected of all by things like these are the Veterans and survivors who make claims and then have to fight tooth and nail for whatever benefits they receive.

I wouldn't be amazed to find that DoD and VA spend as much investigating and fighting claimants than what they actually award.

This article, if you would read it, does not refer to dependents, but actual PEOPLE that are claiming they were POWs.

All of the facts are not being given to you.

It would help if you read the article before making this claim; you didn't even examine the facts that were supplied, so how can you honestly make this statement?

Your right it is sick. I could not fathom that many people having served in the military doing such a thing. I served in the Navy. I did my hitch and I would very much like to see those folks punished for what they have done. More for the lie than for stealing the money.

We all worked hard and saw things we can never talk about. It is disgusting. I'm sorry I did not read your link first. I thought it was just a money thing.

Its not. Its an HONOR THING. They have NO HONOR!

Shalom

Thank you...and thank you for your service.

Most of the time I actually enjoyed it. Some of the time it was a little scary. I went to places most women did not go. But I learned a lot, and saw a lot that I never would have if I had just stayed home!

Shalom

So I was on the way to work Sunday and there was some program on the radio (don't know which one) and the speaker was relaying the story about a Iraqi combat vet whose job was to transport dead bodies. I'm sure you can imagine the horrors this young man witnessed.

The young man did his tour and came home and as there are no hero jobs and the poor guy didn't learn any useful skills that would help him back home, he got a job working at a car wash. And shortly after he returned home he started experiencing back pain and headaches, not to mention PTSD. So he applied to the VA for disability and because he wasn't considered "combat injured" the VA denied his claim.

Well, not long after the VA told him to bugger off, he quit his job at the car wash when his boss wouldn't give him memorial day off, and then got addicted to pain killers, lost his house and custody of his son and ended up homeless.

All within like a year and a half of coming home, if you can believe it.

Well, a senator from his state heard of the young man's plight and called the VA and asked, "Why do I have a homeless combat vet in my state?" and don't you know the VA suddenly found the young man qualified as combat injured and is now on the road to recovery.

I relay the above story to make the following point: It is outrageous to me that the damn government is paying benefits to people who don't exist and yet our young men and women can't get the help they need. At some point we have to get the government under control.