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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL i don't agree this, IT'S STUPID AND RETARDED BROTHER.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Thanks for sharing.
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COL Randall C.
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This is something that's been thrown in the CBO's "Options for reducing the deficit" for a while.

This, along with "Eliminate Concurrent Receipt of Retirement Pay and Disability Compensation for Disabled Veterans" and "Narrow Eligibility for Veterans’ Disability Compensation by Excluding Certain Disabilities Unrelated to Military Duties" seem to make it in each year and are never really considered by the politicians.

I did see a new proposal in this year's document for "Narrow Eligibility for VA’s Disability Compensation by Excluding Veterans With Low Disability Ratings" which would eliminate any disability compensation for ratings below 30 percent.

You can think of these as proposals that fall into the category of the 'throwaway' in "give me three options ... one to throw away and two to consider". As I said, every year they pop up in the CBO's document (along with proposed cuts to basically every aspect of federal spending) and every year they get shelved.

Other 'less popular' suggestions by the CBO for deficit reduction ... Increasing Medicare Part B costs, raising the social security age, raising tax rates on all income brackets, etc.

Suggest everyone have a read (at least in a bit) just to understand a lot of the stuff going on at the federal level. Things like these give a bit more understand of 'behind the curtain' and will probably defuse some of the partisan talking points (the CBO documents are very non-partisan and extremely dry in reading...)
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* Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032 - Large reductions - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58164-budget-options-large-effects.pdf
* Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032 - Small reductions - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58163-budget-options-small-effects.pdf
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56783
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54667
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2015 to 2024 - https://www.cbo.gov/budget-options/2014
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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COL Randall C. thank you for the clarity and additional information. Much appreciated.
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