Elizabeth Warren visits Worcester to warn of scams targeting veterans

[MannyGoldstein]

Elizabeth Warren visits Worcester to warn of scams targeting veterans

WORCESTER — Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared in Worcester Thursday to raise awareness of a scam impacting elderly veterans. Warren has introduced legislation to help combat the problem and protect veterans.

“I want to ring the bell for any of our senior vets or families of senior vets to know the benefit is available but to know that the sharks are swimming in the water around them trying to hurt them,” said Warren at Veterans Inc. “I am very hopeful about the law.”

Warren has introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act along with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) that would begin the process of examining how best to combat scams on veterans. Some of these scams involve the Aid & Attendance benefit designed to help pay for assisted living or in-home personal care for veterans.

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“We have one case where they took the vet’s assets and put it into an annuity that wouldn’t start paying until he was in his 90’s. Those aren’t going to help somebody,” said Warren. “Vets are left in a worse financial position than when they started.”

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I'm sure glad she's not running for President, Manny.

But speaking of veterans, the word "draft" keeps popping into my mind…

[MannyGoldstein]

2. She's NOT RUNNING!!!

I really, really, really want to make sure that everyone knows they should just forget about that idea.

Regards,

Third-Way Manny

[MADem]

3. Of course she's not--she wouldn't be in Worcester, she'd be in NYC if she were running.

Or LA. Fundraising.

She wouldn't be (gasp) attending to constituents, like she's been doing most weekends, in one of our poorer cities in the Commonwealth.

And she sure as hell wouldn't be reaching across the aisle to work with a cretin like Rubio on a piece of legislation that benefits disabled veterans--the "purity brigade" would call her an "appeaser" or worse, and throw her under the bus--lumpity-lumpity-lump!

Future Fed Chair and President share a laugh:

[Jackpine Radical]

4. What? Hillary's gonna be Fed Chair???

[MADem]

5. No, the sitting senator with the financial background will be Fed Chair.

The former SecState with the fifty state strategy and a PAC raring to go will be President.

Here's the future Fed Chair with the future "First Gentleman"...in case you're still unclear:

[Whisp]

7. Just a friendly reminder, this is the Warren Group.

Unless you want me to mosey on over to the Hillary Group and campaign for Warren there... can be done.

[MADem]

8. Elizabeth Warren is MY Senator. I worked very hard to get her elected.

Are you saying, that because a) I can see the handwriting on the wall; b) I believe my senator when she says something like "I am not running," and I don't believe any pie in the sky bullshit that a brilliant woman doesn't mean what she says, that I am not welcome here?

Please be clear in your response--I really think that the lines need to be drawn.

If refusing to believe that Elizabeth Warren says what she means is grounds from being "banned" from this group, I think that information needs to be placed in the SOP for this group.

[Whisp]

9. Okay, I see.

I might visit - looks like the HC group needs a bit of excitement.

[Whisp]

6. Maybe Clint Eastwood will talk to her. n/t

[Laelth]

10. k&r for Elizabeth Warren. n/t

-Laelth