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<\/a>The idea of active-duty military families barely scraping by<\/a>, either here or abroad, is hard to fathom: just how could our legislatures, super-select commissions and agency heads, allow this to happen?<\/p>\nTo some, it may be equally unfathomable why veteran benefits should be tinkered with at all. But the rif today over possible\u00a0veterans benefits changes<\/a>\u00a0comes from the fed\u2019s ongoing\u00a0strategy to meet new military budgeting requirements.<\/p>\n For example, cuts to the traditional pension payouts is seen as a way to help fund a yet-to-be-approved 401(k) for those retirees leaving military service \u201cwithout receiving any retirement pay.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n No surprise, but the ongoing proposals to make these changes to the existing military benefit\u2019s system has brought together a swirl of concern from vet advocacy groups; the latter has their own take on how any proposed change will do harm, or actually help retired\/retiring vets.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, there is no hope of returning to the traditional way vets (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The idea of active-duty military families barely scraping by, either here or abroad, is hard to fathom: just how could our legislatures, super-select commissions and agency heads, allow this to happen? To some, it may be equally unfathomable why veteran…<\/span><\/p>\nVeterans Administration Pensions<\/h1>\n