As a veteran of the US military this appalls me to no ends. My friend forwarded this Colbert report earlier to me and was just enraged by what I saw.
"We believe no constituency better understands the challenge America faces, and no constituency is better suited to, again, lead by example putting country first"
This is a response from the VA (who are supposed to support the veterans) to the Super committee who now wants to cut active and veterans military benefits including health services.... There's plenty of more reliable links out there but Colbert is funny so meh: 4:30 into Colbert report. I love the rhetoric involved in that letter :(
http://www.hulu.com/watch/302032/the-colbert-report-thu-nov-17-2011
Anyway just to summarize. The super committee was created when Obama wanted to raise the debt ceiling. They were remanded with the task to cut 1.6ish trillion and if not then an automatic deep cut would be taken out of the military defense budget. So now they want to target veteran AND active military service members benefits (as mentioned above) Cause you know... fuck them right? Even if you don't agree with the war and what the government is doing, we should still be supporting the troops. Just another travesty in a long line of injustices.
Great post! It's good as usual =)
ReplyDeleteQuote "Cause you know... fuck them right" I Lol'd Thanks for the info
ReplyDeleteI'm really not surprised by this at all. :\
ReplyDeleteNot surprised in the least, but it is such a stupid idea, sickening the lengths they will go not to curb their own stupid spending on useless crap, like office furniture.
ReplyDeleteIt's messed up that they always target everyone but themselves for cuts.
ReplyDeleteHere is a copy of the letter that they signed:
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And here is a copy of a petition demanding that they rescind it:
http://www.change.org/petitions/congress-rescind-insulting-document-against-veterans-and-apologize
Its never really whats good for the country anymore. Its all about what will keep whichever party in power.
ReplyDeleteWar never was a good ideia, but we can't fight them because are many interests.
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ReplyDeleteIt just makes me sad to see people who have fought and who fight for our country, politics aside, be disgraced in such a fashion. These are people who have no choice in where they are placed and orders they are given. To continue to remove their benefits especially health, which is probably one of the most important ones, is beyond my comprehension. Just another injustice;just another day for our political machine.
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