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Stinky The Clown

(67,697 posts)
11. That is absolutely true. And not widely known.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 12:01 AM
Jan 2018

Like you, I am a Viet Nam ERA vet, not having served in country. I left the service in the late 60s, and got my first degree full time on the GI Bill. After that, I was insured by my employers and as a result, never registered with the VA. Many years later, just because, I tried to register. I was not even able to do that. I made too much.

At first I was okay with that. If that would get a vet in need coverage at my expense, so be it. There but for the grace of God . . . . . and all that.

Then it hit me. What the FUCK. The VA was part of the bargain the government made with ME when I volunteered (NOT drafted. VOL UN FUCKING TEERED) to serve. That was a sacred compact and they fucking broke it.

And to this very day, vets are being fucked. The biggest fuckings ALWAYS come under GOPee control. Lip Service Mother Fuckers.

I still find myself able to get by, healthcare wise, without the VA and for that I am supremely fortunate. But GODDAMMIT that should not be. ALL vets were promised VA access. ALL VETS. Not just poor vets.

Why do we have to hold bake sales to care for our vets?

In typical GOPee fashion, we honor the vet, but abandon them when they're finished. Typical. Like protecting fetuses but abandoning children.

MOTHER

FUCKERS

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