Willie Geist: “The VA Faced A Backlog When Its Computers Were Not Able To Process A Change In Housing Allowances Signed Into Law By President Trump Last Year.” WILLIE GEIST: “Meanwhile, earlier this month, the department of veterans affairs promised lawmakers the agency would pay back veterans who saw their benefits come up short because of a massive computer glitch. Yesterday after weeks of leaving veterans in the dark, the VA announced that it will not reimbursed the veterans that were paid than they were owed. That is because the departments says it cannot make retroactive payments without impacting future claims. The VA faced a backlog when its computers were not able to process a change in housing allowances signed into law by President Trump last year.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 11/29/18; VIDEO]
Mike Barnacle: “Well The Level Of Fraudulence And Hypocrisy Surrounding The Veterans Administration Has Been Ongoing Now For Months If Not Years.” WILLIE GEIST: “Mike, this is V.A. promised under the G.I. Bill to pay for housing, to pay for school, these payments did not go through, because they can’t figure out a computer system these men and women will not repaid for the short fall. It’s pathetic. This can’t stand.” MIKE BARNACLE: “Well the level of fraudulence and hypocrisy surrounding the veterans administration has been ongoing now for months if not years. We have seen the speaker of the house, Paul Ryan, addressing people at the Pentagon about everything the veterans will mean to the American politics. The future is now for veterans and their families who have returned from multiple tours. The fact that the congress cannot get together and get this done in a single hour of a single day is outrageous.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 11/29/18; VIDEO]
Elise Jordan: “Why Is This Not A Number One Priority With The Trump Administration? They Said They Were Going To Be All About Taking Care Of Vets. They’re Going To Let This Stand Because Of Their Own Incompetency?” ELISE JORDAN: “Why is this not a number one priority with the trump administration? They said they were going to be all about taking care of vets. They’re going to let this stand because of their own incompetency? They don’t want to mess with a computer system and the payment and the funding. It’s absurd to me. I’m so sick of the platitudes, support our troops, Paul Ryan talking about the men and women who serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let’s handle this Figure out what they’re doing in Afghanistan, when yesterday a U.S. Bomb killed 30 civilians.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 11/29/18; VIDEO]