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Monday, November 12, 2007

How our Veterans SHOULD be Treated

We as a country are not treating our returning veterans right. They are coming back from war without a Job, without a future, without limbs sometimes, under stress, and many end up homeless.



Our private sector is not responding to the cause. Without a private sector to respond, we need to at least make the public sector a place where these defenders of our freedoms can make a living.



It used to be that if you were a vet you were nearly automatically hired in a public sector job. Now it’s minorities. I want our vets to take all precedent over anyone from the country or city no matter what in any public job. If we are providing a free living for those who know how to work the welfare system in the city or those who know how to work the welfare system in the country otherwise known as farm subsidies, then we need to see to it that first the needs of those who served and the families of those who didn't return know that we are a grateful country.



It’s veterans day, my hat is off and my thanks is real. It's time to do right by them all.

Comments

As a vet I agree with your comments. However, My own personal experience has been quite positive. I got the GI bill which helped get me through college, they had part time work programs, too, which boosted my income even more.
Further, I recall getting extra points on tests for city jobs I took here in Milwaukee, and the va has been great for my medical needs. Maybe todays vets are treated differently, but I have few complaints.


You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Bob Dylan


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Davinski on November 12, 2007 at 07:22 pm

What!  Rewarding people for working and giving to others!!  That would not fit into the victim ideas of the democrats.  Their scenario is that no one is able to work or make their own living without assistance.  Merely putting your life on the line in defense of our Constitution is not enough.  You have to be wounded and tell about some fiction that happened on the battlefield.


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Chief RZ on November 12, 2007 at 08:25 pm

I believe you have a lot of misconceptions about us Democrats. My family tree has many vets who go back as far as WWI- all Democrats. My Uncle was hit by a German sniper in WWll, he had the scars in the belly to prove it. No fiction. We want everyone to work, but on an even playing field- no discrimination, no corporate welfare.
We will all fight an die for our country, but not for oil profits which benefit chicken-hawk Dick Cheney who had “other priorities” during Vietnam.


You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Bob Dylan


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Davinski on November 12, 2007 at 09:04 pm
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