Approximately 60,000 veterans receiving payments for war wounds are also eligble for Social Security Disability and retirement from military service
Tom Cobun determined this in a study he chartered. He would now like to take away that small amount of income that helps them survive day to day in a manner befitting their sacrifice. So what some of them drag in in aggregate closer to 100K and one over 200k That amount of money is a drop in the bucket in today's economy and I'm glad to know at least some veterans are living without the terror faced by many without that income.
WASHINGTON — Nearly 60,000 veterans were triple dippers last year, drawing a total of $3.5 billion in military retirement pay plus veterans and Social Security disability benefits at the same time, congressional auditors report.
It's all legal.
The average payment was about $59,000, but about 2,300 veterans, or 4 percent of the total, received concurrent payments of $100,000 or more, the Government Accountability Office said.
The highest payment was to a veteran who received $208,757 in combined payments in 2013.
Really Coburn you want to take away that minscule amount of money from wounded veterans?
Weren't you squealing for gargantuan tax breaks for big oil that make this look like chicken scratch not too long ago?