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Plasencia: America's disabled combat vets deserve 'adequate compensation'

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Our disabled veterans are grossly under-compensated and have been for generations. This is most especially true for our totally and permanently disabled veterans.

Our disabled veterans have been asking Congress for fair and adequate compensation since the end of World War I in 1918!

In 2022, a totally disabled veteran with no dependents is compensated at the ridiculous rate of $39,984.72 dollars annually.

The National Average Wage Index for 2020 was $55,628.60 dollars per annum, and the median income for 2020 was $67,521.00. The per capita GDP in 2020 was $63,416.00 dollars, among the highest in the world.

We can tax investments at one penny per every dollar traded on the 13 stock markets operating in the USA to pay for this.

It is long past time for the investor class to carry its share of the tax burden. Compensate them at least at the level of the NAWI for all types of totally and permanently disabled veterans.

And-or give federal income tax exclusion to all types of totally and permanently disabled veterans for all income regardless of source up to $125,000 per annum.

Sincerely.