Financial planners are volunteering their time to
help military people with the financial wounds they've suffered in
recent years.
Speaking in the wake of reports that 900 wounded
service people have been burdened by debts because of flawed government
computer systems, Daniel Moisand, president of the Financial Planning
Association (FPA), said, "these soldiers incurred this debt through
absolutely no fault of their own."
Moisand added that FPA members are currently working
with the Walter Reed Medical Center to set up pro bono financial
planning services to injured military personnel who have returned from
combat in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"Now that Congress has revealed what Rep. Tom Davis
calls 'financial friendly fire,' we hope we can help some of these
service people financially recover," Moisand said. "Over there they
worry about IEDs. Over here they shouldn't have to worry about
financial landmines carelessly left lying about their own government."