jerryc41 wrote:
I was thinking about this on Memorial Day, but here it is now.
We spend trillions on the military, and most of it goes to big corporations. Meanwhile, veterans come back from war messed up physically and mentally, living on the street and begging for money. Veterans, whether they have gone to war or not, should be in better shape when they leave the military than when they entered. WW II vets had the GI Bill, and my father used that to go to TV/radio school. Today's vets struggle to get basic medical treatment. When you send thousands of volunteers to get shot and bombed, you have to take some responsibility for them when they return. Saying you can't afford to take care of them is not acceptable. People running munitions companies are multimillionaires, yet the real military people are often damaged and discarded.
I was thinking about this on Memorial Day, but her... (
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