If there is, in fact, a shortfall, I would love to see the accounting for how much the VA spent on unnecessary C&P exams; the labor costs for adjudicating improperly denied claims in the current and last FY; the costs of those "studies" that resulted in such self-congratulatory events for McDonut; and, the cost of throwing those staged events. I would be extremely surprised if the cost of those things wasn't damn close to the _projected_ shortfall.
It's available in the OIG Reports, "VBA spent about $6.8 million in taxpayer funds on these unwarranted reexaminations". C&P exams cost anywhere from $64, to $1,544 each.
@@TheCivDiv LoL Well, call me skeptical when it comes to _projected_ shortfalls and politicians creating an artificial crisis right before an election to get votes, pad their budgets and slip in totally unrelated items that wouldn't normally pass. 😉 (Seriously, making an issue of this right after recess has begun? Typical congress critter behavior.) I'm looking at current VA budget numbers (usaspending . gov) , and as of 6/29/24, VA Compensation and Pension had 181.6B in appropriated budget, 131.8B in obligated funds, and 116.0B has been spent. Even if spending continues at Q1-Q3 rates and expenditures go to 154.7B, that is still 26.9B available for carryover. So, crisis averted: pass an ammendment, take 11% of the carryover and good to go. Likewise, VHA should have more than enough carryover to cover its projected shortfall. I'm (truly) open to correction if I'm wrong, but that's how I'm reading it.
@@brs293while that is true, treating veterans poorly when you have a problem recruiting new military seems counterproductive. They’re already struggling to meet recruitment quotas and it’s gonna be even worse if they see how they’ll turn out as vets.
VA. Disability payments are on the mandatory( appropriated) spending, just like SSN, SSI, and SSDI. It's an election year also. No one will lose anything funds.
This is what I’ve been saying. Neither party in Congress would allow it, it’s bad for business. And no presidential candidate would allow it, and it’s not like they have anything to do with it because Congress will vote on it prior to the election anyway if I’m not mistaken. The VA is basically announcing they need a bigger budget for next FY. Disability and benefits aren’t going anywhere. It’s just fear mongering on an election year and I like Clay but it’s just content for him. There’s nothing to worry about. The government just poofs money out of thin air because that’s what our fiscal system is. And on the off chance they did stop payments, it wouldn’t last considering the most tactically trained and deranged members of our society would go off the rails snd remind them why they shouldn’t fuck with us. A lot of crazy ass vets out there and the government knows to not give them a reason.
If your a manager and you haven't identified your shortfalls. You need a different job. The CG at the top of the VA should have to of served in the US MILITARY at least 4 years. I was thinking eight just so they get the FULL Taste of Military Life;
@@TheCivDiv how many va employees are there? and they are all going to collect full pensions. that is bankrupting the system.. they should not be employed there for life.
The problem is the VA and congress just finished the 2025 VA budget a few weeks ago, and VA didn’t mention anything about a budget shortfall the whole time. Then out of the blue VA says we just found out we need 3 Billion immediately to pay for the rest of 2024, and another 12 Billion for 2025😮. WTF VA how the F is it possible that you didn’t know about this funding months ago🤔
What if and just to be devils advocate on this the va submitted its estimated budget and congress just kind of went well screw it we don’t think you need that much. And once the budget was actually written out the higher ups at the va were like “whoah this budget is going to cause a 15 billion shortfall”. The reason why it might not have been said out publicly is because there could have still been uncertainty as to whether or not their estimates were taken into account. I dont think its as cut and dry as “the va dropped the ball.” It could be but I am willing to bet that congress ignored things as well.
Common sense and data showed pack act increased outflow of money for disability payments, any due diligence from senior VA officials would have informed Congress of this trend and ask for more money. The outcome was a display of confidence and they need to be fired for incompetence asap.
Stop spreading Kremlin propaganda. It's the Republicans who ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS attack funding for veterans because they don't think we deserve "handouts".
FYI if this doesn’t get funded we won’t have payments on Nov 1. We are taking 2 different things here but as said…we all know no one is willing to delay these benefits so let the fighting begin and we will be okay, it’ll pass - Clay
Thanks for sharing your input into the broken record that has been playing for a whole lot of years, that NO ONE in our Federal Government can seem to hear, or is ignoring while the same broken record keeps playing year after year. I already know that the Federal Government and those that run it will never consider their compensation and wasteful spending in the shortfall list, so this is totally rhetorical, and believe in my opinion that even mentioning some kind of shortfall for any funds to Veterans is on a level of Governmental treason, since as Veterans our cards have already been played and our time has been served in the game, and it is not appropriate and does not show integrity for those that gave some and those that gave all, to be considered for a reshuffle of the deck in the middle of their game. The Federal Government can call it a shortfall to Veterans, which is not accurate and not the truth, since our Federal Government has the power of how and where they spend money, and they are deciding/voting to put money that could/should be paid to Veterans on the shortfall list. The Federal Government has been writing blank checks to keep the Federal Government running for years, so this is just the same old song and dance that has been going around and around like a merry-go-round, with NO ONE in the Federal Government smart enough to appropriately fix what is and where it is broken, without continually talking about or trying to throw Veterans under the bus. "If you don't believe this lie that's true, just ask the blind man, he saw too"!🙂
Great Realtime video everything is at risk awarding new benefits, Pact Act,Agent Orange claims,Radiation exposure claims,Camp Lajune claims,Added Medical benefits claims ,Appeal claims,Board an remand claims an so on.
@@TheCivDiv The executive branch's big fear is grandma/grandpa not being to pay their rent due to a missed federal payment whether that is SSA, VA, or some other recurring federal payment and testifying in front of congress about it. If we go into a CR the funding levels should be the same and this money gets found. This is why if fraud is committed against you and your payments for a few months are stolen, they cut new payments from treasury right away, and work on investigating that after making you whole. While this is a major f-up in budgeting, I cant see how they will shortchange benefit money.
there are more veterans in the usa than teachers but the teachers are organized to get everything they want . why can't veterans organize like the police unions do to protect each other?
What do you mean by risk? Does that mean we’re gonna lose our disability payments or they are gonna lower it? Confused? Or accepting less disability from others? You didn’t really specify this
@@TheCivDiv I worked on the Hill for 20 years, fighting over issues is what goes on behind the scenes and it's not the members but most times staffers. Miss those days
How dare you quote verbatim what someone who is actually in charge said. For shame. Anyways, thank you for sharing the information, standing by for drama.
Clay, have you seen/heard the Shawn Ryan show episodes with legend and the leader of Afghan resistance leader talking about how US taxpayer money going to the tallies?!
I’ve seen clips of his show but one never sat an watched an entire episode. From the video I created on Veteran Watchdog…that sounds about right - Clay
i think any committee that deals with Vets issues should have only members of congress that were in the military or if not , have current family members in the military.
@TheCivDiv I wasn't insinuating that I was scared, because your channel and some of these other youtubers use this tactic to get clicks and view. from reading the comments alot of veterans on here, young and old believe what you say and won't take the time to do their own research. The info you put out might not be completely false but it's not completely true. But you present it in a way that makes people believe it's the truth and that's wrong on principle alone
I have to ask this question…How is this my problem? But this is why I tell veterans, if you’re not completely mentally/physically disabled as in not being able to mobilize your own weight without significant handicap, do not center these payments around your whole life. Make yourselves useful, Yes we are veterans, but it’s time to let go of certain things, for one, we will never be in service again & it’s time re-assimilate into society, find new careers, & accomplish the feats we may not have had the opportunity to while serving. It’s necessary not to become dependent bums of the government, yes we deserve the benefits, however, I think better of us, that we can do better, than to constantly sit in fear of the shut off valve. They can turn it off tomorrow & I’ll be fine, this is the confidence I’d rather see from my fellow veterans, than being fearful that our crumbs will be cut off. I say crumbs, because just looking at the money Uncle Sam spent in Afghanistan per day & the amount of aid given to Ukraine, they’ve proven they have enough capital to make every veteran a millionaire many times over. All of this is quite pathetic, our congress & senate is lame, as well as the institutions that support us & our families.
But veterans who are doing this and if drawing money from them the government sabotages the veterans to keep them on the checks. You have it reversed. The VA is population control.
Damn, you are truly making everything dramatic. At this point you should try acting. Please stop scaring folks for views. I understand that a lot of news are up in the air but please don’t feel it with click bait. I hear 20th century fox is hiring after being bought by Disney, give them a try.
On July 28, 1932 the U.S. government attacked World War I veterans with tanks, bayonets, and tear gas, under the leadership of textbook heroes Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1-stop-shop for Veteran benefits: CivDivonline.com
Article: www.military.com/daily-news/2024/07/30/nearly-3-billion-shortfall-va-benefits-looming-senate-has-proposed-fix-time-running-out.html
- Clay
If there is, in fact, a shortfall, I would love to see the accounting for how much the VA spent on unnecessary C&P exams; the labor costs for adjudicating improperly denied claims in the current and last FY; the costs of those "studies" that resulted in such self-congratulatory events for McDonut; and, the cost of throwing those staged events. I would be extremely surprised if the cost of those things wasn't damn close to the _projected_ shortfall.
15,000,000,000% there is a shortfall. Solid thought process though on unwarranted C&P exams and I like it!
- Clay
You would like to see, but they won't show...
It's money deferred to Ukraine.
It's available in the OIG Reports, "VBA spent about $6.8 million in taxpayer funds on these unwarranted reexaminations". C&P exams cost anywhere from $64, to $1,544 each.
@@TheCivDiv LoL Well, call me skeptical when it comes to _projected_ shortfalls and politicians creating an artificial crisis right before an election to get votes, pad their budgets and slip in totally unrelated items that wouldn't normally pass. 😉 (Seriously, making an issue of this right after recess has begun? Typical congress critter behavior.)
I'm looking at current VA budget numbers (usaspending . gov) , and as of 6/29/24, VA Compensation and Pension had 181.6B in appropriated budget, 131.8B in obligated funds, and 116.0B has been spent. Even if spending continues at Q1-Q3 rates and expenditures go to 154.7B, that is still 26.9B available for carryover. So, crisis averted: pass an ammendment, take 11% of the carryover and good to go.
Likewise, VHA should have more than enough carryover to cover its projected shortfall.
I'm (truly) open to correction if I'm wrong, but that's how I'm reading it.
Veteran benefits should never be in question period...whoever votes against it will have a problem.
We will have to keep an eye on the yays and nays. Bonus points if anyone can guess what autocorrect tried to do…
- Clay
@@TheCivDiv exactly
Will they? Veterans are a tiny percentage of the population. Not many veteran votes compared to the larger population.
@@brs293our veterans groups are powerful!!!!!
@@brs293while that is true, treating veterans poorly when you have a problem recruiting new military seems counterproductive. They’re already struggling to meet recruitment quotas and it’s gonna be even worse if they see how they’ll turn out as vets.
VA. Disability payments are on the mandatory( appropriated) spending, just like SSN, SSI, and SSDI. It's an election year also. No one will lose anything funds.
Payments to Ukraine and to the Bin Laden family...never late or at risk
@@SpaceRanger187one has anything to do with the other
@@SpaceRanger187 You got that right
This is what I’ve been saying. Neither party in Congress would allow it, it’s bad for business. And no presidential candidate would allow it, and it’s not like they have anything to do with it because Congress will vote on it prior to the election anyway if I’m not mistaken.
The VA is basically announcing they need a bigger budget for next FY. Disability and benefits aren’t going anywhere. It’s just fear mongering on an election year and I like Clay but it’s just content for him. There’s nothing to worry about. The government just poofs money out of thin air because that’s what our fiscal system is. And on the off chance they did stop payments, it wouldn’t last considering the most tactically trained and deranged members of our society would go off the rails snd remind them why they shouldn’t fuck with us. A lot of crazy ass vets out there and the government knows to not give them a reason.
@@Twizzzumswell said brother....locked and loaded...
All this debt is caused by VA employees not veterans compensation
The increase in payments due to PACT Act is most certainly a factor of
- Clay
@@TheCivDivthe billions sent to Ukrain couldn’t be used for our vets suffering from the pact act stuff? Ridiculous
If your a manager and you haven't identified your shortfalls. You need a different job. The CG at the top of the VA should have to of served in the US MILITARY at least 4 years. I was thinking eight just so they get the FULL Taste of Military Life;
@@TheCivDiv how many va employees are there? and they are all going to collect full pensions. that is bankrupting the system.. they should not be employed there for life.
@@realistically9091 and they are coming to be usa to be on welfare or become racists cops.
The problem is the VA and congress just finished the 2025 VA budget a few weeks ago, and VA didn’t mention anything about a budget shortfall the whole time. Then out of the blue VA says we just found out we need 3 Billion immediately to pay for the rest of 2024, and another 12 Billion for 2025😮. WTF VA how the F is it possible that you didn’t know about this funding months ago🤔
What if and just to be devils advocate on this the va submitted its estimated budget and congress just kind of went well screw it we don’t think you need that much. And once the budget was actually written out the higher ups at the va were like “whoah this budget is going to cause a 15 billion shortfall”.
The reason why it might not have been said out publicly is because there could have still been uncertainty as to whether or not their estimates were taken into account.
I dont think its as cut and dry as “the va dropped the ball.” It could be but I am willing to bet that congress ignored things as well.
Common sense and data showed pack act increased outflow of money for disability payments, any due diligence from senior VA officials would have informed Congress of this trend and ask for more money. The outcome was a display of confidence and they need to be fired for incompetence asap.
Funny, that's about how much we sent Ukraine and Palestine so far I think...maybe more.
VA payments are a mandatory spending not supplemental. Along with a bunch of other items.
There's no shortfall to send BILLIONS to IRAN and UKRAINE but there's a potential shortfall for VA benefits? Where is the USA priorities?
Stop spreading Kremlin propaganda. It's the Republicans who ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS attack funding for veterans because they don't think we deserve "handouts".
The va is always funded 2 years in advance, FYI
FYI if this doesn’t get funded we won’t have payments on Nov 1. We are taking 2 different things here but as said…we all know no one is willing to delay these benefits so let the fighting begin and we will be okay, it’ll pass
- Clay
VA disability payments are not included in the 2 year budget. Just facilities and employees
Shortfall for veterans but the government sent too much to Ukraine. Got it!
the same people who support the ukraine war hate veterans. all i see are teachers and government employees who support the ukraine war.
Stop spreading Kremlin propaganda, Ivan.
We can give Ukraine 313 billion but can’t take care of our vets and homeless wtf
Thanks for sharing your input into the broken record that has been playing for a whole lot of years, that NO ONE in our Federal Government can seem to hear, or is ignoring while the same broken record keeps playing year after year. I already know that the Federal Government and those that run it will never consider their compensation and wasteful spending in the shortfall list, so this is totally rhetorical, and believe in my opinion that even mentioning some kind of shortfall for any funds to Veterans is on a level of Governmental treason, since as Veterans our cards have already been played and our time has been served in the game, and it is not appropriate and does not show integrity for those that gave some and those that gave all, to be considered for a reshuffle of the deck in the middle of their game. The Federal Government can call it a shortfall to Veterans, which is not accurate and not the truth, since our Federal Government has the power of how and where they spend money, and they are deciding/voting to put money that could/should be paid to Veterans on the shortfall list. The Federal Government has been writing blank checks to keep the Federal Government running for years, so this is just the same old song and dance that has been going around and around like a merry-go-round, with NO ONE in the Federal Government smart enough to appropriately fix what is and where it is broken, without continually talking about or trying to throw Veterans under the bus. "If you don't believe this lie that's true, just ask the blind man, he saw too"!🙂
They don’t have my disability in my account on the 1st, I’ll be in DC on the 2nd looking for it.
I’ll be there also
Great Realtime video everything is at risk awarding new benefits, Pact Act,Agent Orange claims,Radiation exposure claims,Camp Lajune claims,Added Medical benefits claims ,Appeal claims,Board an remand claims an so on.
Yes except it’ll be them who would have the much bigger problems
Thanks for the update
Sept 20th is probably the deadline to get checks out on time.
Yuppers
- Clay
I hope they service connect the anxiety i get from your fear mongering video titles
Nothing about this video, or title, or thumbnail is not true.
- Clay
@@TheCivDiv The executive branch's big fear is grandma/grandpa not being to pay their rent due to a missed federal payment whether that is SSA, VA, or some other recurring federal payment and testifying in front of congress about it. If we go into a CR the funding levels should be the same and this money gets found. This is why if fraud is committed against you and your payments for a few months are stolen, they cut new payments from treasury right away, and work on investigating that after making you whole. While this is a major f-up in budgeting, I cant see how they will shortchange benefit money.
compensate veterans who drink contaminated water at military bases which the chemical pfas which leads to kidney cancer an other cancers
This was clickbait. Literally explained nothing new.
@@Jayscuba the senate has a proposal and that is new. Why you mad?
- Clay
there are more veterans in the usa than teachers but the teachers are organized to get everything they want . why can't veterans organize like the police unions do to protect each other?
Do your burn pit registry and sign up for VA care, and raise concerns about health issues so they have more data to use in our favor.
Because the teachers union doesn’t have a massive 193 billion dollar budget government agency solely dedicated to serving them like veterans do
Thank you❤
What do you mean by risk? Does that mean we’re gonna lose our disability payments or they are gonna lower it? Confused? Or accepting less disability from others? You didn’t really specify this
I said we all know they will pass this Senate proposal and we will have our benefits by Nov 1st but there will be fighting
- Clay
@@TheCivDiv I worked on the Hill for 20 years, fighting over issues is what goes on behind the scenes and it's not the members but most times staffers. Miss those days
No he said at risk. He didn’t say cut, delayed, or stopped
At risk of being delayed
- Clay
@@TheCivDiv I watched the entire interview with him he just said at risk
Wow 😢
Thank you for the update!
We need to start giving them bigger drama
hey Clay I need some advice about Va Calim how can I contact you?
Live Q/As are the best way to contact me. There is also a member only discord that acts as a Live Q/A 24/7
- Clay
Not mad but you shouldn’t misquote
Probably Congress is currently on recess
Awesome video
Va i dont trust them.
How dare you quote verbatim what someone who is actually in charge said. For shame. Anyways, thank you for sharing the information, standing by for drama.
😂 thanks dude
- Clay
Clay, have you seen/heard the Shawn Ryan show episodes with legend and the leader of Afghan resistance leader talking about how US taxpayer money going to the tallies?!
I’ve seen clips of his show but one never sat an watched an entire episode. From the video I created on Veteran Watchdog…that sounds about right
- Clay
@TheCivDiv worth the watch, worth making the time. (I know that's hard)
Romans 15:13
@@SSchuck cheat codes
- Clay
Sorry. Didn’t catch any of this. Too distracted by that bad ass Darth Maul mug
It’s sick dude one of my favorite buys
- Clay
He said at risk.
How is Ukraine funded?
Tax payer $$$$$
- Clay
But I’m sure the wars are still going to be funded.
The House is already gone until after Labor Day. It'll be last minute....
Shame on me for watching your videos, learning a lot of good information and only today realizing the cool Star Wars stuff on your shelves!!
@@immjz watch this!! I go through my background and a few more things. This video is for my 5yr anniversary of leaving the Marine Corps
- Clay
There are probably a few in Congress who would love to do that MTG and a few others
But,... They have money for Ukraine!
do you have to be diagnosed by a VA doc/psychiatrist, or can it be a private Doc/Psychiatrist?
Either or but the VA will need those private records
- Clay
@@TheCivDiv thank you. looking to become a member!
@@Mr.eclatants if you’d like, go ahead. If not, that’s cool, too.
- Clay
@@TheCivDiv did already.
i think any committee that deals with Vets issues should have only members of congress that were in the military or if not , have current family members in the military.
Yall always trying to scare people
Boo
@TheCivDiv I wasn't insinuating that I was scared, because your channel and some of these other youtubers use this tactic to get clicks and view. from reading the comments alot of veterans on here, young and old believe what you say and won't take the time to do their own research. The info you put out might not be completely false but it's not completely true. But you present it in a way that makes people believe it's the truth and that's wrong on principle alone
@@clubviewpanthers5231wow, it’s like….communication, story telling, and marketing works or something.
Keep learning.
Fk or be fked
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Send more to Ukraine though!!!!
I have to ask this question…How is this my problem? But this is why I tell veterans, if you’re not completely mentally/physically disabled as in not being able to mobilize your own weight without significant handicap, do not center these payments around your whole life. Make yourselves useful, Yes we are veterans, but it’s time to let go of certain things, for one, we will never be in service again & it’s time re-assimilate into society, find new careers, & accomplish the feats we may not have had the opportunity to while serving. It’s necessary not to become dependent bums of the government, yes we deserve the benefits, however, I think better of us, that we can do better, than to constantly sit in fear of the shut off valve. They can turn it off tomorrow & I’ll be fine, this is the confidence I’d rather see from my fellow veterans, than being fearful that our crumbs will be cut off. I say crumbs, because just looking at the money Uncle Sam spent in Afghanistan per day & the amount of aid given to Ukraine, they’ve proven they have enough capital to make every veteran a millionaire many times over. All of this is quite pathetic, our congress & senate is lame, as well as the institutions that support us & our families.
Great critique. I agree with you.
But veterans who are doing this and if drawing money from them the government sabotages the veterans to keep them on the checks. You have it reversed. The VA is population control.
Clay, you’re focusing on the wrong thing here.
Follow the money, look at the accounting
Ukraine first, evidently
The money will come from somewhere
- Clay
Well, Im trash, and Im talking to federal congressmen and women. So, what is video about.
The issue is what else they try to slip into the bill
Damn, you are truly making everything dramatic. At this point you should try acting. Please stop scaring folks for views. I understand that a lot of news are up in the air but please don’t feel it with click bait. I hear 20th century fox is hiring after being bought by Disney, give them a try.
Exactly what is click bait and what is not true about this video?
- Clay
Yes Clay, Just Pass it, F^*#! all that Political BS. Well said buddy. And yes, "Mc-Dun-Uhh lmao!! Good job.
On July 28, 1932 the U.S. government attacked World War I veterans with tanks, bayonets, and tear gas, under the leadership of textbook heroes Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If veterans are shorted, it’s par for the course at this point. Good thing I bought gold in the early to mid 2000’s.
Good luck everyone.