This has been on my mind a lot lately. We talk about how we should take care of our veterans. We still talk about how we treat our veterans. Why? Why do we still have to talk about it? If America cares so much about her veterans there should not be one doubt in anyone's mind that there is a problem. No veteran should be without a home. No veteran should go hungry. No veteran should be sick, whether service related or not.
We provide millions of dollars a year to people who are welfare professionals. Not those who provide welfare, but those who are able to work, can work but don't. Our social system has provided a class of people who live off the welfare system just because they can. If you live in public housing because you meet the financial standards, why do you have a new $20,000 car in your drive way? We never promised a single individual a free ride in this country. Many take it for granted that the will be taken care of by the government. It is not my responsibility to make sure you have food on your table and health care for you and your kids. If you can't work, I get it! Stuff happens, I get it. But, if you can work, then you do not need social services.
We do promise to our veterans we will, as a nation, take care of them. Those young 17 and 18 year old kids are told that the nation will take care of them in exchange for their service. It is apparent that we don't. It can take weeks to get a VA doctors appointment. They have to drive 50+ miles to see a VA doctor when the get an appointment. When they call the VA, they have to push buttons to navigate a menu. Often, they are told to call back because they, VA, are too busy to take the call. WHY?
A veteran should never have to complain about not having.
1 comment:
Amen! Thanks for saying in such a no nonsense way what so many don't understand!
Wife of an Operation Enduring Freedom Vet (10 years service)
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