What is with our Veterans Affairs Office

An article on the CNN website about the Veterans Affairs giving out twenty-four million dollars to their staff in 2007 and 2008, even though they are not doing their jobs correctly and still have a back log of disability claims as far back as 2003. This is an out rage that goes along with the rest of what our government is doing with our tax dollars. which is throwing it to whom ever they please for bad decisions. The outrageous part of this is that there are veterans that have not received their disability that is justly deserved for giving there all to our country. They have even discharged veterans for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and said it is a case of Mood Disorder and because they were discharged with a "Mood Disorder" instead of PTSD they get no disability or a pension that they rightly deserved for their service to our country. I am not going to go into the crap they have put me through trying to get my disability, which has yet to be awarded me as well, that is another posting in its self. The Veterans Affairs Office report also called the payments "not fiscally responsible." states that four high level employees received $60,000.00, $73,000.00, $58,000, and $59,000.00 respectively, and a new employee received $4,500.00 within her first 90 days of being hired. The annual award per employee in both years that was given, it out turns out to be $2,500.00as stated in the report. Even Jennifer S. Duncan a retired employee received $60,000.00 plus in bonuses, and she improperly approved more than $140,000.00 in bonuses as well, the reports states that she acted like she had a blank check when came to handing out money. A few are going to be made to pay back the improperly given money, but just who it that is going to have to pay back it does not say, I am a firm beliver that most of this money will never be paid back and the Higher employees should have to pay back the funds as well, but I do not believe that they will be made to pay it back, or go to jail. The Veterans Administration said it is looking into the situation, and "does not condone misconduct by its employees and will take the appropriate corrective actions for those who violate VA policy," This according to a statment that was given to someone at CNN, of course I'll believe that when I see it happen and they arrest those that do not repay the money. But what about the veterans, are we ever going to see our disability, those of us that defended our country in the time of war and in the time of need that our government felt it needed to put us in harms way. I for one say and will always say those that went to wars or were put in harms way by the needs of our government (harms way, meaning the Panama Conflict, the black ops missions that are kept secret, the yellow stone fire that was deemed a domestic enemy and so on) should be given their disability no questions asked, those that served in the times of war see the worst of things that should not be seen by anyone, and if our government says stand proud and defend our nation in this location then it is their responsibility to care for those that were injured even in ways that cant be seen by looking at the vet, looks are deceiving. So if you have read this and are like me then do what I did and write a letter to:

Department of Veteran Affairs Attn Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Eric Shinseki 810 Vermont Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20420

Letting Mr. Shinseki know how we the American public and veterans feel about this and how our veterans are being trated after they are released, discharged , and resign from the military.