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Alan Simpson ALWAYS has missed the point. This is a little off-topic but he is a LAWYER, a maverick, who always voted and did what HE wanted to do, to hell with his constituents. At a town meeting here one time, a friend of mine who was a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD, had been trying for years to get ANY kind of help that he could from the VA and other government agencies. At the time the VA did not cater to anyone with PTSD. My friend stood up and asked Simpson why the government wouldn't help those who had served and gave part of their lives, minds and bodies to the war in Southeast Asia. Simpson, in his haughty manner, replied that maybe it was time for my friend to 'get a life' and stop trying to freeload off of the American people. After years of trying, my friend gave up and killed himself soon after that. Simpson is a bastard.

I always liked Simpson because he was a maverick, but I can surely see him saying that, and if he did, it is very insensitive and unnecessarily mean-spirited. I agree with you on this issue and Simpson should feel guilty for ever uttering such remarks.