Hicks_MM
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We *ALWAYS* have money for war. Former Congressional & PA Legislative staff. *** Registered INDEPENDENT voter***
"Homeless future taxpayers freezing to death on America's streets don't matter, just as long as my VA Disability checks keep coming."
Right?
Right?
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
"Homeless future taxpayers freezing to death on America's streets don't matter, just as long as my VA Disability checks keep coming."
Right?
Right?
Veterans need to get over themselves.
MILLIONS of us have a whole host of painful AND disabling conditions from decades of busting our humps to make a living; many of us can't even access affordable healthcare to treat our disabling conditions, much less get tax-free lifetime payments for them.
MILLIONS of us have a whole host of painful AND disabling conditions from decades of busting our humps to make a living; many of us can't even access affordable healthcare to treat our disabling conditions, much less get tax-free lifetime payments for them.
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Veterans need to get over themselves.
MILLIONS of us have a whole host of painful AND disabling conditions from decades of busting our humps to make a living; many of us can't even access affordable healthcare to treat our disabling conditions, much less get tax-free lifetime payments for them.
MILLIONS of us have a whole host of painful AND disabling conditions from decades of busting our humps to make a living; many of us can't even access affordable healthcare to treat our disabling conditions, much less get tax-free lifetime payments for them.
There isn't a WORD in the DD4 about active- or post-service benefits. It does say that Congress makes the rules and can change them at any time.
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
There isn't a WORD in the DD4 about active- or post-service benefits. It does say that Congress makes the rules and can change them at any time.
Nobody, including veterans, has a contract for ANYTHING from the U.S. government.
The only entities that DO have a contract are those that hold U.S. debt like Treasury bills. Debt instruments are actual contracts, and guarantee repayment.
The only entities that DO have a contract are those that hold U.S. debt like Treasury bills. Debt instruments are actual contracts, and guarantee repayment.
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Nobody, including veterans, has a contract for ANYTHING from the U.S. government.
The only entities that DO have a contract are those that hold U.S. debt like Treasury bills. Debt instruments are actual contracts, and guarantee repayment.
The only entities that DO have a contract are those that hold U.S. debt like Treasury bills. Debt instruments are actual contracts, and guarantee repayment.
It sounds like a bad, but preventable, situation.
50 MILLION Americans have sexually transmitted Herpes Simplex 2, and they may not even be able to access the healthcare or Rx they need to treat it.
It's time for civilians to GET some of the assistance they currently just FUND for others.
50 MILLION Americans have sexually transmitted Herpes Simplex 2, and they may not even be able to access the healthcare or Rx they need to treat it.
It's time for civilians to GET some of the assistance they currently just FUND for others.
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It sounds like a bad, but preventable, situation.
50 MILLION Americans have sexually transmitted Herpes Simplex 2, and they may not even be able to access the healthcare or Rx they need to treat it.
It's time for civilians to GET some of the assistance they currently just FUND for others.
50 MILLION Americans have sexually transmitted Herpes Simplex 2, and they may not even be able to access the healthcare or Rx they need to treat it.
It's time for civilians to GET some of the assistance they currently just FUND for others.
How do I know no vets died waiting to be approved for VA Disability in the last 10 years? Because I researched this issue.
I don't really have to 'make my case' for VA Disability reforms.
Project 2025 details projected cuts to VA Disability, which are essential when we're $38 TRILLION in debt.
I don't really have to 'make my case' for VA Disability reforms.
Project 2025 details projected cuts to VA Disability, which are essential when we're $38 TRILLION in debt.
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How do I know no vets died waiting to be approved for VA Disability in the last 10 years? Because I researched this issue.
I don't really have to 'make my case' for VA Disability reforms.
Project 2025 details projected cuts to VA Disability, which are essential when we're $38 TRILLION in debt.
I don't really have to 'make my case' for VA Disability reforms.
Project 2025 details projected cuts to VA Disability, which are essential when we're $38 TRILLION in debt.
Pete Hegseth is a drunk and rapist and all-around dirtbag, but he's right that veterans are getting unnecessary disability benefits:
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Pete Hegseth is a drunk and rapist and all-around dirtbag, but he's right that veterans are getting unnecessary disability benefits:
The VA Disability program gets around $200 billion a year.
The Social Security Disability program gets $160 billion a year, but serves 10 times as many people.
30,000 Americans died last year waiting to be approved for SSDI. Zero vets died waiting to be approved for VA Disability.
The Social Security Disability program gets $160 billion a year, but serves 10 times as many people.
30,000 Americans died last year waiting to be approved for SSDI. Zero vets died waiting to be approved for VA Disability.
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The VA Disability program gets around $200 billion a year.
The Social Security Disability program gets $160 billion a year, but serves 10 times as many people.
30,000 Americans died last year waiting to be approved for SSDI. Zero vets died waiting to be approved for VA Disability.
The Social Security Disability program gets $160 billion a year, but serves 10 times as many people.
30,000 Americans died last year waiting to be approved for SSDI. Zero vets died waiting to be approved for VA Disability.
Here's the Washington Post article. The VA awards disability for non-disabling injuries AND treatable, non-disabling medical conditions that Social Security Disability laughs at when these injuries and conditions present in civilians.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls
The Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on dubious and even fraudulent disabilities benefits. Meanwhile, some deserving cases wait.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here's the Washington Post article. The VA awards disability for non-disabling injuries AND treatable, non-disabling medical conditions that Social Security Disability laughs at when these injuries and conditions present in civilians.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
We need to talk about this veteran who isn't smart or savvy enough to get the medication he wants, including paying out of pocket, so he's making artwork out of the taxpayer-paid Rx that he gets from the VA:
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We need to talk about this veteran who isn't smart or savvy enough to get the medication he wants, including paying out of pocket, so he's making artwork out of the taxpayer-paid Rx that he gets from the VA:
"The bulk of my [VA Disability] rating comes from an autoimmune condition that I probably would have developed whether I was in the military or not..."
So his condition is in no way service-connected, but he's getting VERY generous, taxpayer-paid VA Disability for it.
Make it make sense.
So his condition is in no way service-connected, but he's getting VERY generous, taxpayer-paid VA Disability for it.
Make it make sense.
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"The bulk of my [VA Disability] rating comes from an autoimmune condition that I probably would have developed whether I was in the military or not..."
So his condition is in no way service-connected, but he's getting VERY generous, taxpayer-paid VA Disability for it.
Make it make sense.
So his condition is in no way service-connected, but he's getting VERY generous, taxpayer-paid VA Disability for it.
Make it make sense.
If a single mom boasted on social media that she got $1,500+ a month, tax-free, from the U.S. taxpayer for sexually transmitted Herpes Simplex 2, Americans would FLIP OUT.
But we give vets who have this condition lifetime government payments?
HOW is 'the Herp' a service-connected disability?
But we give vets who have this condition lifetime government payments?
HOW is 'the Herp' a service-connected disability?
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If a single mom boasted on social media that she got $1,500+ a month, tax-free, from the U.S. taxpayer for sexually transmitted Herpes Simplex 2, Americans would FLIP OUT.
But we give vets who have this condition lifetime government payments?
HOW is 'the Herp' a service-connected disability?
But we give vets who have this condition lifetime government payments?
HOW is 'the Herp' a service-connected disability?
This is my current favorite example of grifting vets.
This guy not only went AWOL but was also loansharking AND stealing from other servicemembers.
He said PTSD made him do it (🤣), got his OTH discharge reversed, got a 70% VA Disability rating -- and wants MORE of my money!
This guy not only went AWOL but was also loansharking AND stealing from other servicemembers.
He said PTSD made him do it (🤣), got his OTH discharge reversed, got a 70% VA Disability rating -- and wants MORE of my money!
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is my current favorite example of grifting vets.
This guy not only went AWOL but was also loansharking AND stealing from other servicemembers.
He said PTSD made him do it (🤣), got his OTH discharge reversed, got a 70% VA Disability rating -- and wants MORE of my money!
This guy not only went AWOL but was also loansharking AND stealing from other servicemembers.
He said PTSD made him do it (🤣), got his OTH discharge reversed, got a 70% VA Disability rating -- and wants MORE of my money!
Don't even GET me started on the other vet who answers him 🔼 who's so "disabled" that he gets $8,300 a month, tax-free (equaling $99,600 a year, tax-free & FREE healthcare), but can manage TEN 30-hour flights to visit dad in Cebu (FIVE 30-hour flights there; FIVE flights back).
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Don't even GET me started on the other vet who answers him 🔼 who's so "disabled" that he gets $8,300 a month, tax-free (equaling $99,600 a year, tax-free & FREE healthcare), but can manage TEN 30-hour flights to visit dad in Cebu (FIVE 30-hour flights there; FIVE flights back).
HOW is a 30-year-old vet who's so "disabled" that he can't work and is getting both VA Disability *and* SSDI, mentally and physically able to move to another country where he can fish and hike -- the latter a strenuous activity?
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
HOW is a 30-year-old vet who's so "disabled" that he can't work and is getting both VA Disability *and* SSDI, mentally and physically able to move to another country where he can fish and hike -- the latter a strenuous activity?
"We're 22 and 26 years old, both inexplicably awarded 100% VA Disability...and we're BOOOOOOORED.
"When will this hell end?"
"When will this hell end?"
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We're 22 and 26 years old, both inexplicably awarded 100% VA Disability...and we're BOOOOOOORED.
"When will this hell end?"
"When will this hell end?"
You can't manage to read a basic bar chart and you call me a weirdo?
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You can't manage to read a basic bar chart and you call me a weirdo?
Americans shouldn't have to sign up to kill brown people in countries around the world just to get healthcare and needed social assistance.
I don't want to fund lifetime, tax-free VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling, which are most conditions for which the VA awards disability.
I don't want to fund lifetime, tax-free VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling, which are most conditions for which the VA awards disability.
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Americans shouldn't have to sign up to kill brown people in countries around the world just to get healthcare and needed social assistance.
I don't want to fund lifetime, tax-free VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling, which are most conditions for which the VA awards disability.
I don't want to fund lifetime, tax-free VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling, which are most conditions for which the VA awards disability.
We need to talk about the CONSIDERABLE number of veterans who claim their smoking-related medical conditions under the PACT ACT.
This vet gets 100% VA Disability for his smoking-related COPD & emphysema because he's a grifter and the VA is corrupt.
This vet gets 100% VA Disability for his smoking-related COPD & emphysema because he's a grifter and the VA is corrupt.
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We need to talk about the CONSIDERABLE number of veterans who claim their smoking-related medical conditions under the PACT ACT.
This vet gets 100% VA Disability for his smoking-related COPD & emphysema because he's a grifter and the VA is corrupt.
This vet gets 100% VA Disability for his smoking-related COPD & emphysema because he's a grifter and the VA is corrupt.
"When I was in the military, I injured my knee playing basketball. I receive disability compensation from the VA because it happened during my time in service."
Seriously...WTF?
An estimated 1.6 million basketball-related injuries of all types occur each year in the U.S.
Seriously...WTF?
An estimated 1.6 million basketball-related injuries of all types occur each year in the U.S.
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"When I was in the military, I injured my knee playing basketball. I receive disability compensation from the VA because it happened during my time in service."
Seriously...WTF?
An estimated 1.6 million basketball-related injuries of all types occur each year in the U.S.
Seriously...WTF?
An estimated 1.6 million basketball-related injuries of all types occur each year in the U.S.
I, too, have a cyst on my ass that can be removed in a half hour doctor visit.
Who do I talk to about getting tax-free, lifetime government disability for it, even AFTER the cyst is removed -- like this veteran applying for VA Disability for HIS cyst?
Who do I talk to about getting tax-free, lifetime government disability for it, even AFTER the cyst is removed -- like this veteran applying for VA Disability for HIS cyst?
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I, too, have a cyst on my ass that can be removed in a half hour doctor visit.
Who do I talk to about getting tax-free, lifetime government disability for it, even AFTER the cyst is removed -- like this veteran applying for VA Disability for HIS cyst?
Who do I talk to about getting tax-free, lifetime government disability for it, even AFTER the cyst is removed -- like this veteran applying for VA Disability for HIS cyst?
"I never deployed. I served less than my initial contract. I'm still entitled to my P&T."
This obnoxious yutz gets $6,000 a month in VA Disability *and* SSDI *and* free healthcare because a military recruiter enlisted a mentally ill guy to make his quota:
This obnoxious yutz gets $6,000 a month in VA Disability *and* SSDI *and* free healthcare because a military recruiter enlisted a mentally ill guy to make his quota:
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"I never deployed. I served less than my initial contract. I'm still entitled to my P&T."
This obnoxious yutz gets $6,000 a month in VA Disability *and* SSDI *and* free healthcare because a military recruiter enlisted a mentally ill guy to make his quota:
This obnoxious yutz gets $6,000 a month in VA Disability *and* SSDI *and* free healthcare because a military recruiter enlisted a mentally ill guy to make his quota:
"My ex gf got 100% [VA Disability]...for being bipolar. Never did any tours or anything no injuries no traumatic experiences. She was just a crazy bitch who couldn't handle the navy telling her what do to."
5.7 MILLION adult Americans have BD; most don't get a DIME from the gov't.
5.7 MILLION adult Americans have BD; most don't get a DIME from the gov't.
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"My ex gf got 100% [VA Disability]...for being bipolar. Never did any tours or anything no injuries no traumatic experiences. She was just a crazy bitch who couldn't handle the navy telling her what do to."
5.7 MILLION adult Americans have BD; most don't get a DIME from the gov't.
5.7 MILLION adult Americans have BD; most don't get a DIME from the gov't.
1. Veterans need to stop being rude to taxpayers like me who FUND veteran benefits.
2. The VA awards often-absurdly generous VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling. Millions of Americans have the SAME medical conditions as those that affect vets; they get NOTHING from the government.
2. The VA awards often-absurdly generous VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling. Millions of Americans have the SAME medical conditions as those that affect vets; they get NOTHING from the government.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
1. Veterans need to stop being rude to taxpayers like me who FUND veteran benefits.
2. The VA awards often-absurdly generous VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling. Millions of Americans have the SAME medical conditions as those that affect vets; they get NOTHING from the government.
2. The VA awards often-absurdly generous VA Disability for conditions that aren't disabling. Millions of Americans have the SAME medical conditions as those that affect vets; they get NOTHING from the government.