I meant to post this when I did the article but I had to answer the phone. Apologize for the delayu.
I usually think of Veterans for Common Sense as a Democrat led organization. Tonkin had to drive 200 miles to get his care. He didn’t like it. I am glad somebody is seeing how to help the Vets when they need it because Bush hasn’t impressed me on this subject.
I was talking about this kind of thing with the Mrs last night. Remember how Ron Paul wanted to get rid of most government agencies? I agree with him because I have yet to see a government agency do anything as efficiently as a private business. Public schools require $10k to educate a child yet a private school can do it for $3K to $5k and do a better job.
Hospitals are the same. A private hospital can deal with injuries and disease better than a government agency can. Why? Because they are always afraid of being sued for their mistakes where the government agency just gives us the middle finger and walks off.
Politicians make a lot of points pushing what they’ll do for us Vets when elections come around. I remember what they did when Agent Orange was the big issue, not a fucking thing! They ran and hid because the war was over and the contaminated Vets were dying off at a pretty fast clip. When we get the troops home from this war they’ll turn their backs on us again, I swear they will because the disabled Vets won’t be a large enough group to be worth courting for votes.
Get what you can now and don’t expect any politician to hold true to their word.