Am I The Only One That Sees The Silliness? | Eastern North Carolina Now

    This Blog Posting is a repeat (modified a bit) of one which I released to the world (slight exaggeration) in February 2014. It was about the mess that is the Veterans' Healthcare in particular the Arizona Branch of the Veterans Administration.

    Periodically we hear in the news that not much has changed at the Arizona Branch but our attention has simply been diverted to other Craziness (they are very good at diverting our attention).

    I suspect that the Silliness pointed out by this Blog Posting is still entrenched in the very fabric of the Arizona Branch of the Veterans Administration.
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    Here is the February 2014 Posting (modified a bit)...
    Congress is getting accolades for coming up with a bill to "fix" our Veterans Administration. Here is a picture from my TV that shows their "fix". Can you see the Outrageous Silliness?...

    That's a lot of money. Any member of congress who has been up there for one month can testify to the truth of the following statement...

    If we have a choice between fixing the problem and spending a lot of money, always choose the latter.
    If we spent a lot of money and we did not fix the problem, the problem was we did not spend enough money.

    After absorbing the above truth, look again at the picture. There is a line that jumped out at me. Do you see it? If you did not, don't tell me. It would burst my bubble (whatever that means) to know that you are so unobservant...
     It's the $2 Billion for "Miscellaneous".      That's a lot of Mop & Glow!
     Exactly how much Mop & Glow is that? That's Two Thousand Million Dollars of Mop & Glow and Trinkets & Trash.

    The Smartfella's tried and true Rule of Thumb is...
    •  Anything over $500 for Mop & Glow is too much.

    What do you wanna bet that they zip right by their Two Thousand Million Dollars target (that's right I said "target") as if it was not even there?

    The Late Gomer Pyle just came into my computer room, looked over my shoulder and said, "Surprise Surprise Surprise, I don't see anything in there about cutting anything".

    If I were asked by any, yet to be fully indoctrinated member of Congress, "But, Fella, where do we look to make the cuts you are seeking?", For starters, I would point him to the info below...

    For the year 2013, government transparency database OpentheBooks.com reported that top doctors within the Arizona branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs were, on average, paid far more than other federal employees in the state.

    Topping the list was Dr. George Swartz, who reportedly earned $357,528 last year. He was joined by 12 others whose salaries topped $300,000.

    The highest-paid federal employee in Arizona not affiliated with the VA in 2013 was David M. Harmatz of the Department of Health and Human Services, who earned nearly $93,000 less than Swartz. In total, the top 44 salaries on the list went to individuals working within the VA.
    Would I kid u?
    Smartfella

    Lagniappe: I jumped out of my chair when Dr. Charles Krauthammer made comment about this $2 Billion Miscellaneous Silliness. What a guy! He is almost as sharp as The Fella!

    Lagniappe More: Here I go being picky again. Go back to the chart above. The first line is, "$17 Billion Total". Should not the last 4 lines add up to the top line? Am I the only one to notice that the last 4 lines add to $22 Billion?

    Lagniappe Special Added Attraction: https://www.prageru.com/courses/political-science/single-payer-health-care-america-already-has-it