Is there some point when the government shows its gratitude and gives back to the Soldier?
2007-11-12 06:05:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Just a note..not sure what the tax deal is now. 40 years ago if you were receiving combat pay, all your pay was tax free. Not sure I would really call that a benefit given the circumstances. Perhaps some active duty folks could tell us what the tax status is now days.
Veterans do EARN a number of benefits. Whether they receive them is up to the VA and whatever funding situation is going on at the time. They do change them over time. I know shortly before my Father died, they cut out the free burials and gave you a flag and a footstone. No telling what the future holds. It does seem like the contract is awfully one sided. Ya go in and they tell you one thing and ya get out and find something different.
Life is not fair...but it sure beats the alternative!!! Today is the Observance of Veteran's day. Let's just be grateful for the folks that are willing to serve us.
2007-11-12 06:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gratitude is this way would be great, but would not be practical. Veterans are still citizens and all citizens must and should pay taxes. Think of it this way, Joe Schmoe could have served his 180 days and gotten out for various reasons (good or bad discharge) yet, he is considered a veteran. In my book, that hardly makes him a good candidate for getting out of paying taxes, but he is still considered a vet. Know what I mean?
Perhaps you could examine it from this perspective:
Should Honorably discharged, 20+ or medically discharged vets be tax exempt? Maybe that would narrow the scope of your question.
Across the board though? No, I think that would be unfair and just not make any sense.
2007-11-12 07:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by grace 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The government can give billions away to other countries even rebuild countries it destroys.
However it does nothing tangable for its veterans.
America treats its veterans like toilet paper.
NO tax.
Think about it, If the vet had died in the war the government would have gotten no taxes.
The vet gambled his life what does the state gamble?
Its a win, win for the government. Why should I send my child to fight for people who think as a little about the vet as some of the people who answered this question?.
2007-11-13 10:09:56 · answer #3 · answered by Eywrshp 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a veteran, and I would like to not pay taxes, but I know that is not very practical. There are a lot of benefits veterans already get (GI Bill, VA Loan, etc.), and they could use more, but not tax exempt status. Active duty personnel, yes, but not veterans.
2007-11-12 06:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Mutt 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
YES!!!
The US government has always just given us lip service about how proud we should feel about putting our lives on the front lines for our country. While at the same time cutting our benefits and under-funding vital services that have been promised to us. All of America's War Vet's. deserve to be totally TAX EXEMPT, period. Plus the spouses of Kia's, mia's, and disabled vets deserve to be Tax Exempt.
2007-11-12 17:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by kotflb 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think that disabled vets should be exempt from paying taxes but the rest of us who are still healthy, we should continue to pay our taxes like any good citizen.
2007-11-13 13:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Instead of hollow and shallow "Thank you for your service," let actually DO something substantial instead of cutting their benefits and thanking them when you really don t give a **** about them...I also believe that Veterans should every holiday off, because it seems that every holiday is being used as a "Veterans Day," for sales and advertising....
2016-10-30 17:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the "promise" for scientific and dental for all times become an area available unwritten promise.. that the protection stress wellness care companies gave instead of golf etc.. yet somebody interior the protection stress have been given paid off.. offered.. by making use of the coverage marketplace.. who now makes a income by making use of instituting wellness "coverage" into the device.. they income by making use of getting funds for each servicemember and retiree.. then they discourage any fairly use by making use of retiree's with copays and deductables. No for income business corporation ever have been given in contact in a deal the place they lose funds.. what become misplaced right this is retiree's get admission to to wellness care.. because of the fact now the final analysis is income .. no longer wellness for retiree's.. and the protection stress leadershiop that offered us out in all likelihood saved some funds for yet another corrupt contractor to construct yet another ineffective toy. State retiree's make over 2x what protection stress retiree's get. protection stress retiree's are taxed by making use of state right here. whether they dont stay in teh state.. for two decades interior the protection stress.. this state taxes them whereever tehy are. i've got faith the protection stress enlisted are the least paid .. least compensated workers in govt state or federal.
2016-11-11 06:41:47 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I don't , then all the bashers would have that to talk crap about.
I think everyone who holds a job, a portion of EVERYONES taxes should go to funding VA, I think not just we should have to donate, we appreciate eachother, alot civi Americans don't, so they should have to put up funds too. They are who we sacrifice for, they are who don't know the cost. * john w yes we do pay federal taxes. its only when you are in a tax free zone that we don't which only happens mostly during deployments. We pay just as everyone else does ( financially) but we pay more overall.
2007-11-12 06:17:55 · answer #9 · answered by luvmyhubby 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No.
While in active status if you are in a hostile area, such as Iraq, your wages are not subject to federal income tax.
As far as being tax exempt, if we start exempting vets, then we should exempt nurses, teachers, firemen, police,, where does it end?
2007-11-12 07:06:48 · answer #10 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋