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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy I dislike Veterans Day
As a vet I should think this a great day. Problem is, the right wing trolls who love to make veterans also love to complain about spending money on them. It is not, according to the RWNJ contingent, their responsibility to pay for medical card, education, home loan guarantees, disability pensions, any of it.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...then they'll take credit for anything Democrats do for Veterans.
Glad you're safe. Enjoy the day and go get some free meals or discounts. My son and his wife are headed to the Remote Control Car Race track to drool over the cars they can't afford.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)... while they call for closing of VA hospitals.
...treat our homeless vets like stray dogs. We have a lot of them here because of the VA Hospital. It disgusts me how they're treated. When called out on it, they like to point to all the programs for Veterans that make it 'unnecessary' for Vets to be homeless (nuisance in RWNJ speak).
Bok_Tukalo
(4,323 posts)Does that go for all the holidays?
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)People who claim to support the troops need to SUPPORT the troops, dammit...and in case they hadn't noticed, troops ain't cheap.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)over the next century.
It's counter to the normal supply and demand thinking but...
If you -REALLY- love veterans, you don't want any more of them.
Cutting back on veteran production is a cause this vet fully supports.
moondust
(19,993 posts)from a relative who is a vet and whose wife is an uneducated wingnut whose uncle is a retired naval officer or something and sends them a lot of RW propaganda.
It uses war vets to try to minimize all the other problems in the world.
Here it is on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/god-bless-all-the-fallen-soldiers-in-iraq-afghanistan/when-a-soldier-comes-home/154607314565856
Yes, yes, everything is wonderful compared to the horrors of war so stop complaining!