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Veterans Affairs Hires 27,000 Additional Workers To Procrastinate, Collect Paycheck

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Veterans Affairs Hires 27,000 Additional Workers To Procrastinate, Collect Paycheck

Paul Sharpe
Aug 9, 2012
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Veterans Affairs Hires 27,000 Additional Workers To Procrastinate, Collect Paycheck

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that they were hiring 27,000 additional workers as claims processors.

In a press release, the VA stated that the workers would join the ranks of the roughly 16,000 employees in the Veterans Benefits Administration who mostly "lose important paperwork, talk next to the water cooler, and occasionally process claims for pension and education benefits."

The announcement comes as benefits claims continue to rise. Some reports put the number at over 550,000 claims for disability benefits alone, with two-thirds of them still pending.

Although Secretary Eric Shinseki says that the hiring initiative is a good thing, he's hesitant to say it's enough.

"It's a step in the right direction for sure, but we have other areas that need improvement," said Shinseki. "We need at least 5,000 additional workers to help lose track of burials at the Cemetery Administration, and I've also lobbied for more paper at the Health Administration for …

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