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John McCain Fun Fact:
I
had an uncle who developed
some sort of brain rot
in South Korea back in
the late 1950s. He went
absolutely bat-shit crazy.
The government certified
him 100% disabled and
for that he received
the then-generous sum
of $127 a month, all
of which he processed
directly through his
liver. The demons that
plagued his mind weren't
cured by the alcohol,
but it at least kept
them quiet long enough
to let him sleep.
He died several years ago but if he was still alive he would
have been approximately the same age as John McCain.
When John McCain finally released his income tax statement for
2007 it revealed that he receives $58,000 a year, tax-free, for
being 100% militarily disabled.
$58,000. That's almost $5,000 a month.
So how does the military define 100% disability?
TITLE
38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
PART 4_SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--
Subpart A_General Policy in Rating
Sec. 4.15 Total disability ratings.
Total disability will be considered to exist when there is
present any impairment of mind or body which is sufficient
to render it impossible for the average person to follow
a substantially gainful occupation; Provided, That permanent
total disability shall be taken to exist when the impairment
is reasonably certain to continue throughout the life of
the disabled person. The following will be considered to
be permanent total disability: the permanent loss of the
use of both hands, or of both feet, or of one hand and one
foot, or of the sight of both eyes, or becoming permanently
helpless or permanently bedridden. |
This is a man who
recently bragged of hiking the Grand Canyon with
his son at about the same time he voted
against a bill raising soldier's benefits.
I have seen the horror that is 100% disability and Mr. McCain
doesn't fit that template. At all. Evidently Mr. McCain suffered
severe damage to his sense of decency at the hands of the Viet
Cong. That's the only thing that could truly explain this shamelessness.
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