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Here's how DU goes about it. We start a charity. That is, one where DU members raise funds for the express purpose of helping to support the families of troops overseas. The professional soldier don't make a damn anyway, and has a hard enough time even in peace. And now the poor bastard reservists have to go from regular money to GI pay for a year (or more). I am an old fart with real serious problems like family members dying, no work since Feb. (used to be high end software coder), huge credit problems, wife trying to find work after years of depression, scraping by as best we can, and I tell you that as screwed over as I am I do not have it as bad as some of these children of the troops. We got us a group of soldiers soon to be going from Ft. Lewis. I will personally set up a pay pal account and personally give it to the base people for distribution, or whatever. I am poor at the moment, but I can spare 10 bucks for someone else who is suffering far worse from Bushies brainfarts than am I.
Never done something like this before. How does one get started?
Oh, just imagine what happens when press gets wind of grassroots radical leftists democrats socialist peacenuts raising money for the families of those serving.....eh?
just a thought.
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