- Every now and then I get into it with a former US veteran.
These former servicemen express fear to speak out as though they were castrated.
It happened again just today with a retired US Coast guard officer. He
was upset and worried because I simply said, "If Obama makes the bankers
mad he could end up like Kennedy." He replied that Uncle has been
good to him and he didn't want something to happen. (Apparently fearing
something would happen to his retirement payments.)
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- Names and identities have been removed to protect the
privacy of all individuals.
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- Below is what I shared with him:
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- If everyone lives in fear of uncle then things will only
get worse. That's a given.
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- I know THREE other vets who got stiffed by uncle. Three
different branches of the defense department and all resolved. Until you
brought up your fear factor, I didn't even realize that I've helped three
men get their missing benefits until now.
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- One navy vet was told who tried to collect his benefits
at 78 years old (I love this reponse,) "The warehouse burned down
with all your records in it." I told him that was pure BS from a lazy
government employee.
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- I also told him, "You were in the navy. You know
there are at least THREE copies of every document, if not more."
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- He thought about it for a moment and said, "You
know, you're right about that." This man was my late stepfather. I
said, "Here's what you do next..."
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- Another friend of mine (US army vet) suffered with
painful hip problems since the Korean War. When they drafted him he told
them about his hip problem, but they still sent him to basic training and
made him march 10 miles with a full field pack at Camp LeJune in
the hot summer. Pure torture - he collapsed at about 1 mile into the march.
He ended up with a job as the projectionist for the US army chiefs
of staff and told me from the projection booth he watched them plan
WW3 as the Korean War was ending.
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- Because he listened to me and did what I told him uncle
went back several decades to
- give him his past compensation. He was sent a check well
into 6 figures - enough to send his wife and daughter on a 1 year trip
around Americain an RV.
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- Another friend of mine, retired USAF couldn't get his
benefits. The loving people at the CIA drafted him for technical
help while in the USAF because he's very sharp. As a reward for his hard
work, they made all of his records vanish. But he still had his discharge
papers. When he told me what happened I said to him, "You don't have
to take that crap. You earned it and you deserve it. Here's what you do
next..."
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- And he got his full benefits, too.
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- How did I help ALL THREE get their compensation?
Very simple - I told all of them to call their congressman and scream like
hell. That's all it took. Two of them had their problems were solved in
less than 2 weeks.
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- The third man, retired US army, took about
a year to get his back compensation he had coming. Uncle finally did a
hip replacement, which was overdue by some 50 years. Now he's classified
100% disabled and is now paid about $3k/month tax-free. But he suffered
in pain his entire life since the days of the Korean war and has more than
earned it.
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- My retired coast guard friend mentioned he was afraid
for himself because a former NASA employee friend of his got stiffed for
speaking out. I'll replace the NASA employee's name below with a blank,
but he is a well known personality:
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- I told the retired coast guard officer, "If Mr.____
had problems that didn't get resolved, it's because he didn't want to climb
the ladder and stand up for himself. I've done it all my life, and don't
care who gets mad. I get things done and issues resolved. That's what I
do both professionally and otherwise."
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- I also stated-
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- "Living in fear is no way to be an American. That's
what uncle wants people to do.
- Consider the principles America was founded
on and who the men were.
- Consider the oath you took to uphold the Constitution
of the United States and what it says."
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- "Be the man you are and don't live in fear - there's
no excuse for it."
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- I will be the first to say that not all VA doctors are
the brightest bulbs on the planet, after hearing a number of VA horror
stories. There are certain illnesses and afflictions they would not be
the first choice for treatment. But ordinary operations like hip replacements
which are insanely expensive to pay for, they seem to handle without a
problem.
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- Outside of medical help, there may be monthly payments
during retirement that veterans may be entitled to. Each case can be unique
and different. But if you were injured in the service and have received
nothing for it, you could be entitled to collect. Don't be surprised if
the first time you file for benefits you're turned down. Don't let that
stop you.
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- The former army man who collected six figures needed
a lawyer to do it. It cost him NOTHING out of pocket there are law
firms that specialize in handling these cases and collect their legal fees
from the government. They will look at your case and decide if it's worth
doing. For you and your family it's well worth pursuing if the government
owes you.
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- Hopefully this will help other veterans who have also
been stiffed. Some years ago, Bush junior signed an executive order that
no VA benefits would be paid to vets before 1995. But that will not stop
others from collecting compensation after 1995.
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- Apparently the DoD was flooded with veterans wanting
past compensation, which may have prompted the executive order to be written
by Bush.
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- If you are a veteran who with benefits coming and they
have refused to help you, call your congressman and stand up for your rights.
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- If you don't do it, who will?
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- Ted Twietmeyer
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