Whose Fault Is The V.A.?

       Boy oh boy, did you see the reports out about the V.A. and how over 300,000 applicants died before they could be processed into the system? How over 800,000 applicants are waiting to be processed? That's unbelievable, it's unconscionable. How could the V.A. be so irresponsible? The V.A. was formed for the express purpose of serving veterans, especially those in need of medical services. How could that many veterans in need of medical attention not get processed into the system and begin receiving the medical care they need?
       Ya know what? Whoever is responsible for this backlog should be punished by the courts and receive sever prison sentences. There's just one problem with that idea. If we did that, there would be no one left in Congress to pass any laws. That's right, ya see, starting back about 20 years ago, Congress began to cut funding or not increase funding, in order to keep even with inflation, for the V.A.. Then all of a sudden we got into two wars.
       And unlike previous wars, instead of many, many soldiers getting killed, our military doctors began saving those lives. Wonderful, but it meant that many, many more injured veterans were now in need of medical care. But guess what Congress didn't do? They didn't increase the funding for the V.A. I guess Congress thought that if we could save all those lives, we could take care of them.
       The problem is the doctors saving those lives were in the military, but once the lives are saved, they discharge them. That's when the V.A., which already had it's hands full, got swamped with all those extra veterans but no new money to take care of them. Try this sometime. Put ten gallons of gas in your car and drive until you run out of gas. Then put another ten gallons in and continue driving for twice the distance. Doesn't work? The V.A. can't do twice the work with the same funding either.