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Trump administration is treating disabled veterans like criminals. (Original Post) red dog 1 13 hrs ago OP
In 2016 the previous conservative government canetoad 13 hrs ago #1
There is no bottom... GiqueCee 12 hrs ago #2
So, create some AI driven bureaucratic hurdles dgauss 12 hrs ago #3
There are currently 100 members of Congress who are veterans Bayard 11 hrs ago #4
If they're Republicans, they probably won't care that much. calimary 10 hrs ago #5

canetoad

(20,659 posts)
1. In 2016 the previous conservative government
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:00 PM
13 hrs ago

In Oz, put into effect an AI 'Robodebt' scheme to claw back money from social security recipients. It was a disaster. The same government scrapped the scheme in 2020 and right now there is a Royal Commission into this clusterfuck.

Just a friendly heads up. This won't go well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme

The Robodebt scheme was an unlawful method of automated debt assessment and recovery implemented in Australia under the Liberal-National Coalition governments of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, and Scott Morrison, and employed by the Australian government agency Services Australia as part of its Centrelink payment compliance program.

GiqueCee

(3,924 posts)
2. There is no bottom...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:22 PM
12 hrs ago

... to the Republican cesspool of malice and depravity. These are the most horrible people that Satan ever loosed upon humanity. May they ALL die agonizing deaths at an early age. It is sickening to realize that they are allowed to breed indiscriminately.

dgauss

(1,515 posts)
3. So, create some AI driven bureaucratic hurdles
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:05 PM
12 hrs ago

to veteran's disability benefits. Knowing some people will just give up. A little more money shifted upwards.

Bayard

(29,398 posts)
4. There are currently 100 members of Congress who are veterans
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:43 PM
11 hrs ago

80 in the House, 20 in the Senate. 72 Rethuglicans and 28 Democrats. I'm sure there are many more with veterans in their families.

You would think that this crowd of people would be foaming at the mouth to make sure veterans are respected, and treated right.

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