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Veterans Day: So Much for Supporting the Troops

More than 25% of the homeless population in the US are veterans. Yet veterans make up only 11% of the US population. That's a big disparity and points to the need for the Republican administration to do something to solve the problem.

The Republican party has long shouted the message that "welfare mothers and homeless should just get a job", using it as a rationale for slashing the safety net, preventing passage of medical care reform, and cutting back on services for anyone who serves in the military. Meanwhile, companies like Haliburton, Black Water and KBR defraud the government of tens of millions and face no punishment, only blocked investigations by their political cronies

According to this article, there are roughly 196,000 veterans with nowhere to go, many of them veterans from Iraq versions 1 & 2. This is pretty pathetic for a government hell-bent on using the military wherever possible and calling anyone who opposes them "unpatriotic". I think "patriotic" would mean supporting the people you ask to die for your ideals after they come back from the war you threw them in.

How many speeches will we see today from politicians about how proud they are of veterans while these same politicians stab them in the back? Yes, that's right, veterans were not allowed to march in a Veterans Day parade.

You can do something about this. Vote the bastards out of office and get some people in who give a damn about governing, and help out a homeless shelter with a donation. It's the only safety net left to many of these veterans and they deserve our help.

Labels: homless, republicans, veterans day

Posted by Mark Monday, November 12, 2007 12:05:00 PM | permalink |

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So who are we going to vote for that is actually going to fix this?

... heh... yeah right. I'm sure Ron Paul would get elected or someone that would/could actually fix it.

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# posted by  Mark : 5:49 PM

 

I wonder the same thing. At the same time, any small change will make a difference. Things didn't get this bad all at once, and they aren't going to get better all at once.

Politicians do care what you think since they need to pander to that to get your vote. Otherwise this administration wouldn't be pumping out propaganda every five minutes to redefine black as white.

So any vote, even if for a candidate you don't think can win, is a message, if nothing else. Remember how badly Ross Perot scared the privileged few a handful of elections ago?

I'm also supporting Lawrence Lessig in his one-man war on corruption.

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