Triple dipping
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:33 pm
I hate when people use grandma's handicap sticker. There are some stores in Memphis where you simply can't park if you don't have a handicap sticker. The entire parking lot is handicapped.
This man gets out of his SUV after parking in the handicapped space and he looks basically healthy. So I found out a little more about him. He retired from the navy after 20 years. He's now 41. He's considered 90% disabled by the military. He has carpel tunnel syndrome, history of a torn ACL, and a bad ankle from climbing the small stairs on large warships. The first dip is the military retirement pension that he gets for his 20 years of service. The second dip is his monthly disability check. The third dip is that he works a full time job now. I guess you get free medical care at the VA, veterans loans etc. Though I know many veterans still come to me for glasses and contacts because what the VA allows is pretty lousy, not to mention they have to wait all day to see the doctor.
I have no idea how much each dip is worth but that sounds like a good deal to me. Is anyone here military, honorentheos perhaps? How good of a deal is the military if you manage to live through it and retire? The next obvious question is how long will the government be able to pay out these benefits? Can you trust them not to turn out like Detroit and say, "Sorry, money is spent, your contract is null and void." I know a guy who lost a leg in Vietnam who gets less than $200/month for his service and was denied citizen disability.
This man gets out of his SUV after parking in the handicapped space and he looks basically healthy. So I found out a little more about him. He retired from the navy after 20 years. He's now 41. He's considered 90% disabled by the military. He has carpel tunnel syndrome, history of a torn ACL, and a bad ankle from climbing the small stairs on large warships. The first dip is the military retirement pension that he gets for his 20 years of service. The second dip is his monthly disability check. The third dip is that he works a full time job now. I guess you get free medical care at the VA, veterans loans etc. Though I know many veterans still come to me for glasses and contacts because what the VA allows is pretty lousy, not to mention they have to wait all day to see the doctor.
I have no idea how much each dip is worth but that sounds like a good deal to me. Is anyone here military, honorentheos perhaps? How good of a deal is the military if you manage to live through it and retire? The next obvious question is how long will the government be able to pay out these benefits? Can you trust them not to turn out like Detroit and say, "Sorry, money is spent, your contract is null and void." I know a guy who lost a leg in Vietnam who gets less than $200/month for his service and was denied citizen disability.