Anyone remember how distraught and broken the VA was over the last couple of years? The country was so ashamed of its own President, even the VA couldn’t bring themselves to make Veterans look at it.
Well, not anymore. There’s pride to be had in serving the country once again. 
Not everyone is happy with Trump.
I knoooooooooooow…rite? “Potential” cuts and the media simply fans the flames, feeding the sheople…orange man baaaa, baaaa, baaaad. All that’s being done by our present day mainstream media is sowing division. Isn’t it nice to watch them going bankrupt?
Did they voluntarily put those up or was there some directive that the portraits had to be on the wall?
Regardless if the funding, care and medical treatment of veterans improves then I am happy to give the credit to whoever or whatever is responsible.
I’ve never been inside of a government building that didn’t have the President’s portrait displayed in plain view.
I’ve never seen the President’s portrait purposefully covered up like that (and in that other thread, I posted the same pic from two different physical VA clinics, in two different cities).
Fair enough. Yeah thinking about the Presidents picture does hang everywhere
This is the difference between reading a link about something, and seeing it in person.
Think about it; there were so many Veterans and GS workers disgusted with the President, that they committed seditious acts of rebellion.
And now the portraits are even bigger than before.
The “Military Times” is a lib rag owned by democrat Michael Reinstein.
It’s just another never-has-been trying to have something-anything to say, without having a clue as to what he’s trying to say. 
people who fought and sacrificed for the US dont like democrats by and large- especially loud mouth stupid ones. with good reason.
Name one actual cut in services that has occured!!
NOT proposed, not potential, not what MAY happen…
It’s the same “they’re cutting Social Security and Medicare” tripe.
The “cutting Medicaid” is cutting illegals and fraudsters.
I know at the VA clinic I use, there has been zero impact on services, I use community care for nearly everything as the closest VA hospital is 2 hrs away. If I need care for something, I simply message my care team what I need, and I get a call from the community care team at the VA Hospital and it gets setup.
I’d like to see a non-lib rag that claims Veterans are unhappy with Trump. 
…and then…absolute silence…amirite @DisturbedGuy? 
Time will tell if Trumps plans to reduce the VA workforce by 80,000 will actually happen and if it does, how it impacts patient care. I am sure there is a lot of bloat that can be cut. As with any organization over time you end up with duplicate positions, too many senior leaders and areas that just become overstaffed. But any eliminations have to be careful and considered not just lets take a machine gun approach.
Plus the proposed IT changes to reduce costs by nearly $500 million could impact patient care. You cannot just eliminate legacy systems with no impact to operational efficiency but as with everything it depends on how it is deployed/executed.
Embracing new technology should be at the forefront of the VA modernization (not sure thats the right word). Working with private health insurance companies offers great opportunities especially when it comes to focusing on clinical based outcomes and improving health outcomes rather than just reactive healthcare.
Of course its politics as normal with the incumbent administration touting their changes are for the benefit of the country while the party in opposition denounce it.
As with everything the real truth will lie somewhere in between.
