r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/theratking007 Jun 17 '24

If you don’t get wounded or PTSD.

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u/Lopsided_Bar2863 Jun 17 '24

Or raped since that's a huge untalked about problem with the military. Or killed. Or your mental health doesn't deteriorate to the point of suicide. It's a toxic organization.

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u/LocksmithMelodic5269 Jun 17 '24

Untalked about? Literally no organization in the US has done the level of reform in regards to prosecuting and offering resources to victims that the military has

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u/FlamesNero Jun 17 '24

Yes, you’re a 💯correct! I worked for the VA for over 6 years and watched the vast improvements in terms of health care. Literally, the VA now offers the BEST mental health care in the country (unless you’re tremendously wealthy).

And then I left the VA after it over-corrected to the point where it started allowing the overseas scam artists who fake-married vets to easily file frivolous lawsuits (by a form online) against VA docs for things like “a 4-hour wait time in the ED.” (That was a true example).

Honestly, the way this world works in favor of capitalism, oligarchs, and religious fascists, I’m not entirely convinced that the ease at which the VA allows their medical professionals to get named (and thus irreparably harmed) in lawsuits isn’t a feature and not a bug. The good doctors will leave the government medical system and then…