Re: Iraq/ VA hospitals

Agreed.  But how many people in our country have worked for years only to
find that their pensions are either not there as promised, or drastically
reduced?  Not much you can do.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Iraq/ VA hospitals


> But you would think this would work like a normal contract...whatever
> benefits you signed up under should be yours...changes could be made for
> new recruits but it seems to me that benefits at the time of signing would
> be considered conditions of employment.
>
> Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
>
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 02/06/2004 2:18:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Iraq/ VA hospitals
> >
> > Of course it would, but recruiters are under exactly the same pressures
> > as salespersons who must make a quota, or professors who must "publish
> > or perish".
> > Cathy
> > On Friday, February 6, 2004, at 01:55 AM, Melody wrote:
> >
> > > Well I kind of think that it would help if it was explained CLEARLY to
> > > folks who go into the military that just because certain benefits
exist
> > > at the time of their enrollment, it doesn't mean those benefits will
> > > last a lifetime, and that those benefits are always, always subject to
> > > change under new legislation...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> > >
> > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> > > --Albert Einstein
> >
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