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H.R. 5826, The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008 (17 comments ↓ | 8 wiki edits)
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
H.R. 5826 would increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans.
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Sally
May 23, 2008, 6:35pm (report abuse)I believe that the bill is long over due being as though veterans are experiencing hard times through out America due to inflation and other ongoing increases.
Albert
August 8, 2008, 10:17pm (report abuse)This Bill although underfunded is long overdue and welcomed. The increase may be the largest ever, but do not meet in my opinion the benchmark of current day inflation. It certainly do not in any way compensate injured veterans and their families across the board for the sacrafice they have made for this great country. The disability compensation formula used today is outdated and needs to be revised. Who in the White House is up to this challenge? Talk and pennies are cheap, but the measure of men and women quality of life after dramatic injury while serving their country cannot be satisfied with a teaspoon of honey.
Charlie
August 18, 2008, 7:35am (report abuse)The COLA is adequate for the times. The average citizen is getting tired of the idea that veterans are somehow endowed with some special need. Look around you at all the everyday folks who need help and quit crying.
Wally
August 19, 2008, 1:48pm (report abuse)COLA is ok. I would take more but the current method seems to work.
Gary
September 28, 2008, 12:46am (report abuse)700 billion bail out, 25 billion to the Auto makers.0 to Disabled Veterans 9/27/2008.
Fed Up
September 29, 2008, 7:50pm (report abuse)They're throwing birdseed at disabled veterans while they want to throw prime cut steak and lobster to their rich criminal corporate friends on Wall St.
To Charlie -I' CAN'T stop crying because of all of the pain I'm in. At least the "average citizen" has the ability to walk normally and get a good night's sleep!
Fed UP
September 29, 2008, 8:14pm (report abuse)I did the math. Let me see. This would mean I would get LESS than a 2.44% increase while gas has gone up close to 200% this year alone. Is the person who is calculating this increase using an abacus or a ouija board?
Richard
October 24, 2008, 11:08am (report abuse)So our government wants to "Compensate [our] Cost-of-Living..." Firstly, shutdown the Veterans Administration; disperse the resultant budgetary yields to disabled veterans. Secondly, enroll disabled veterans in Tricare Prime. Thirdly and Finally, submitting, "COLA" reversed remains, A Lot Of Crap!
Disabled Vet in California
November 10, 2008, 9:50pm (report abuse)"Charlie
The COLA is adequate for the times. The average citizen is getting tired of the idea that veterans are somehow endowed with some special need. Look around you at all the everyday folks who need help and quit crying."
Charlie - you are a DONKEY. This isn't payment made to any and all vets, it is made to DISABLED vets, like myself, whose service to this country resulted in a life altering injury. I personally went from the rank of SSG after 8 years in the Army to working at a fast food joint (sitting on a chair ringing people up) because the IED that blew my foot off left me unable to stand for long periods. The Associates in Criminal Justice degree I have to go into law enforcement does me no good now, as the CHP Academy wont accept me. But please, continue to label people like me as "crying" about not getting what is due. My injury surely hasn't effected my ability to care for my family...
Jack
November 21, 2008, 4:40pm (report abuse)being a Disabled Veteran I have to say it's about time. We have been struggling to make ends meet for years. I even lived in my car for a year because I couldn't afford a place to live. Some have complained that the so called "Pencil Pushers" don't deserve the same increase as the combat troops. well I got news for you they also have to go into combat who do you think pays them and offers all the other support these combat troops need?
Jack
November 21, 2008, 4:49pm (report abuse)To Charlie
Seems like you have your head up your a&&. As a disabled vet I assure you I would gladly go back to not having neck, Shoulder, Back, Hip and leg problems from being in a vehicle that flipped & rolled 18 times. You need to shut the sewer you have for a mouth and stop spewing s**t. You have no clue what life is like for a disabled vet. try getting a job when you can't stand, lift sit etc. for extended periods. And I am one of the lucky ones many are far more disabled than I am.
Scott
November 22, 2008, 5:11am (report abuse)This is the same thing they do every year. Go here: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/
Look at the rate increases. Example; a single vet rated at 40% disabled (starting dates)
12/1/04 $466/mo
12/1/05 $485/mo
12/1/06 $501/mo
12/1/07 $512/mo
This bill only states that the new rate for 12/1/08 is the same percentage as what Social Security increases by. So, another 10-15 bucks a month isn't anything to get too worked up over. If they want to help us disabled Vets out, they would look to see that medical treatment was on par with conventional hospitals, that the hoops were removed from the path of those seeking help for Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Gulf War Syndrome, they would increase benefits to a level high enough to stop forcing Vets to look to 3rd world countries as optional places that they might be able to afford to live in.
Brian
November 29, 2008, 11:00am (report abuse)The COLA takes effect Dec 1 so the thieves pay disabled vets on Nov 28 for the month of December thus avoiding the mandatory raise. This is dirty and underhanded.
For Brian
December 16, 2008, 2:25pm (report abuse)Apparently you don;t understand how the payments are made. These payments are made in arrears. So the payment made at the end of November is for the month of November. And the payment made at the end of December, for the month of December, will be made at the new rate. Perhaps next time you should do some research before opening your mouth.
Scott
December 16, 2008, 2:27pm (report abuse)I suppose you could simply refuse it and move to one of those third-world countried you mention. That way the money would be available for someone else who appreciates it.
For Disabled vet in California
December 16, 2008, 2:30pm (report abuse)Oh, so sad. Get off your butt and get on with life. You said you can care for your family so go on and do it. Stop crying about it and just do it.
us Vet .Mcqueen
December 20, 2008, 5:29pm (report abuse)I served my country and was in a combat zone, and i have seen what the price of freedom cost it"s the price of someones blood, how could anyone make light of a honorable vet or scorn what the united states goverment does for vets.. as we all know well freedom is not cheap and it has cost many a man life and blood that our country remains strong in military strenth, thanks to any fellow usa vetern for their service to our nation the good old USA..