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I feel sorry for these people when they would throw away their votes to a Democreep just because they didn't get what they wanted. They would have been better off not voting. Do they get social security along with this? If they do they are lucky. They get their health taken care of at the VA Hospitals. They don't have to pay cemetary/burial costs because they can be buried at a Veterans cemetary. Most people who are on social security ONLY have to pay for their own perscriptions and some of their medical. Some people have to struggle by themselves alone with a small social security check and no-one is paying for their burial plot. I think they should think about what they DO HAVE before they start crying.

Amen. I am a disabled vet and what i samazing is that for once, under a republican congress, we are finally being taken care of. The offset may actually be taken off the rolls, which was never done under the dems. BTW, I voted straight pub. They do something, not promise to do something.

They get their health taken care of at the VA Hospitals.

The VA is the best example of why the government shouldn't be in the health care business. Have you seen the type of care they offer? The burial plot you refer to is usually the finish of the Vet's treatment. Somebody who has dealt with Veteran's death benefits lately can update this, but i'll tell you that what the government pays doesn't make up for much of the cost.

I agree that it's stupid to vote for a democrap under any circumstances, but vets feel helpless and are grasping at straws.

I don't think most people understand what a military career entails. Service members are voulenteers. Most of them serve because they love their country and are patriots. They submit to regimentation most civilians could neither understand nor tolerate. They are provided sub-standard housing, lousy pay, (some are on food stamps), they are seperated from their families for long periods, they work long hours, 12 hour 7 day weeks occur all too often, they are on call 24-7 for alerts, their work is often dangerous, and they stand the off chance of getting their butts shot off.

Remember the Nam POW's. These were mostly officers shot down by the VC. They spent YEARS in prison camps suffering hunger, beatings, and horrible torture. Most of them came home with some degree of disability. Many of them also found their faithful wives had taken all the pay checks, divorced them, and married someone else.

For every member, there are often postings to gosh-awful places like Hopedale, Labrador, Incerlik, Turkey, Diego Garcia, or Buggeroff, Bosnia. They work long and hard for that retirement at the end, but if they get wounded, injured, or suffer other disability, the government confiscates part or all of that hard earned retirement Pay.

Absurd!