I hope she’ll also find out that this congress voted to decrease the retirement benefits of those who have already served. I hope all Americans know this. Will it make a difference? Good essay nonetheless.
First things first, I want to express to you my personal thanks for your service to our country. It is because of you, and those like you who have a higher sense of purpose that the rest of us are able to enjoy the freedoms we do have, however diminishing they are thanks to the occupant of the White House. You deserve our thanks, our respect, and our admiration.
Second, I find it appalling how our Veterans are treated in this country. The sacrifices that they (you) and their families have made are far beyond any measure than those of us who have not served will ever know. All Veterans deserve far, FAR better than they are getting -- we owe them. They signed up with the understanding that this country would take care of them and their families to "compensate" for their sacrifices and we've fallen woefully short.
The new "sacrifices" (for lack of a better term to call it as I drink my first cup of coffee) that are being forced upon them without their consent should anger us all, especially as we see the expansion of federal government and "giveaways" like Obamaphones, SNAP and other forms of Government giveaways being abused to the point of costing us all billions and billions of dollars.
At the end of the day, I believe our Veterans deserve far more than they're given. After all, who do we owe: the government cheese-eaters or those who served, fought and sacrificed for this country?
The answer while painfully obvious to you and I somehow doesn't seem to "resonate" with those in political power in Washington DC - Democrat and Republican alike.
Washington DC is a disgrace.