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fasttense

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27. The VA here in East TN is sooooo overcrowded

Tue May 26, 2015, 11:15 AM

May 2015

I have to wait over 30 days frequently more like 60 days to get an appointment. Some of the clerks here are also vets but the majority are not. These clerk jobs are considered prime jobs here in East TN so they tend to go to Non-Vets as most good jobs go to non-Vets. But I have to say the Doctors around here frequently volunteer and work with the VA very closely.

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Today in America. Nailed. [View all] Triana May 2015 OP

Boom! Right on the money. Or lack of money for vets, to be more precise. nt valerief May 2015 #1

K and r. nt cwydro May 2015 #2

Nailed it. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #3

:( spanone May 2015 #4

Perfect! LoisB May 2015 #5

Got it in ONE... Thespian2 May 2015 #6

K&R! This fucker should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2015 #7

That was old madokie 45 years or so ago madokie May 2015 #8

Case in point... Triana May 2015 #9

Great cartoon Gothmog May 2015 #10

Fire everyone at the VA except the doctors 1939 May 2015 #11

I don't think it is so much the clerks, as it is those in charge - And Congress for not doing their -none May 2015 #13

+1 n/t Triana May 2015 #14

Absolutely correct sir! d_legendary1 May 2015 #28

They managed to privatized the Iraq war, why not the VA? -none May 2015 #29

For most VA patients 1939 May 2015 #31

I'm in the VA system.... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2015 #26

The VA here in East TN is sooooo overcrowded fasttense May 2015 #27

So far only ONE person has been fired for all the fraud of the past few years. ONE. 7962 May 2015 #30

Perfect! K&R nt Duval May 2015 #12

K&R Solly Mack May 2015 #15

Yep... WillyT May 2015 #16

Powerful! frogmarch May 2015 #17

K&R Get the corporate vultures out of our government. woo me with science May 2015 #18

Yep, that's about it... Deuce May 2015 #19

The best way to honor our veterans is NOT to make more of them. calimary May 2015 #20

YES Iwillnevergiveup May 2015 #21

K&R.... daleanime May 2015 #22

Repuke lip service DiverDave May 2015 #23

The difference here is... dawnie51 May 2015 #24

see it all the time heaven05 May 2015 #25

Ouch. nt Lucky Luciano May 2015 #32