A veteran named Roland Taylor is currently facing pressure from our federal government to repay $120,000 after an internal error at the VA allowed him to collect benefits that they're now deeming him 'ineligible' for.
From Fox 5 Atlanta:
He even felt like he had enough money to remarry. But when Taylor sent the VA his updated marital status, that started a review of his benefits and eventually a ruling: the couple made too much money to qualify for the VA disability program.
"I wasn’t hiding nothing!" he insisted. "Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. I’d still be getting it, huh? Then they’d get me for fraud."
As a certified nursing assistant, his wife doesn't make much money. Without that extra $1,000 each month, Taylor said they were forced to move from a comfortable home in Fairburn to a cinder block rental house in Griffin.
But then came the letter from the VA he struggled so much to read. Because Taylor was already getting disability benefits from Social Security at the time he applied, he never should have received any disability money from the VA.
The letter informed him they want it all back. All $120,634.
"I ain’t got $20," he said with a laugh. "What you talking about?"
Our government really has some gall to actually force a veteran to pay a measly $120k back to them while they're frittering away billions on the war in Ukraine.
