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Originally Posted by Dutch
Because military vets are much more scarce. They are playing to the pro-military crowd, people LOVE the military guys and gals more than "some dude working on a line"...it's probably because we just fought two wars though...in any event, the cost of supporting military veterans is already astronomical and trying to provide that level of health care to EVERYBODY is financially unsustainable. As a vet myself, I'd prefer the politicians speak more closely to supporting COMBAT VETS versus just your run of the mill guys like myself who never got hurt (or bombed...or shot at...while chillin' in relative safety in neighboring countries to the war zones)...I never deserved jack shit from the taxpayer above and beyond what was already promised me...but a lot of those wounded guys DO deserve more support. That's where the focus should be and if these guys aren't articulating that, then shame on them.
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You said much more eloquently what I had told my brothers. Combat Veteran is not the same as Veteran and to me they are not distinguishing between the two. That's not to diminish the job that's done but everybody in the country has a job that makes us go.