Hi, this is Steven M Ericksen.  I am a disabled veteran, have a service connected injury rated at 30%, and a single father of two small children.  I am unemployed. The VA Affairs states that I owe them over $9,000 because I had not updated my dependant status in about nine years.  This is probably not a good excuse, but I did not know know that the money I get was based on how many dependants I had, but based on the injury I have.  I had written some letters and sent financial reports stating that I was unemployed and for the time being living on what I get.  They denied my request for a waiver and are going to take $255 out of my $428.
I had spent almost my entire adult life working for the United States and always gave 100%.  I have awards and commendations to prove it.  The government wants to spend billions of dollars helping big corporations whom never nothing for the U.S. or for you and I.  They got in trouble because they gave the big guy millions of dollars in bonuses for doing when that company was going down.  Those fat cats should be in jail.
My is why can't the government bail me out or forgive my debt.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know.  Please contact me at stevenuscs@live.com or stevenmericksen@gmail.com.  Also please come see us at stevenuscs.blujay.com/. 
Thank you