If the average VA employee cost were $100,000, which I suspect is way more than they pay the average staffer, then those VA employees' annual pay would be about

If the average VA employee cost were $100,000, which I suspect is way more than they pay the average staffer, then those VA employees' annual pay would be about 1/4000th of that debt. There are way, way worse things we could be wasting our money on than providing the decent healthcare we promised our veterans.