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S. 2617, The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008 (6 comments ↓ | 5 wiki edits)
S. 2617 would increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.
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Diller
Cola Act... Should be called "Lets 5 finger f^$* our veterans." 2.3% last year to offset the increase of prices of daily living. WTF!!! I do belive that someone failed there 4th grade math test. I expect an even smaller raise for next year. It's ok though. Most of us have lived in third world countries with no electric, little food, and unbearable living conditions. Maybe the government has a plan to get us back to these conditions by 2010.
Imo
Right on, Diller!
Daveteran.Rich
Agree with Diller. With food and gas prices up substantially, we SHOULD get a better increase than what is anticipated at this time, which I believe to be 3.9%. I'm grateful for whatever we get, but what a travesty!
famous
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produced the June CPI numbers, which show a 1.1 % increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the last quarter's numbers, and about 4 percent above June 2007 CPI statistics.
If inflation continues to rise, then we might be able to receive a substantial increase. Remember, this is an election year, and most voters face tough economic situations due to the inflated cost of oil, gas, electricity, materials and labor. With that said, now Congress must act in the best interest of the voters of our great nation, and not for their special interests.
Peace is better than aggression,
Famous
Infamous
Here I thought the choice would be Coke, Pepsi or genaric.
The VA increased the amount they pay per mile. I went and checked it out. yes It was almost 16 dollars for my trip to the VA. They also increased the deduction for their co pay from 6+ to 15 plus, I could get .42 cents. .25 cents less than I would have got on the old travel pay. I let them keep it, George needs it more than Me.
JA Boyd
Diller you need to brush up on your arithmatic. If you don't like what you get give it back.