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In reply to the discussion: My Veterans benefits, I thought, until today, were from a grateful nation. [View all]salin
(48,955 posts)the rest of us are part of that grateful nation.
My father left school to volunteer in WWII before there was a draft. He served in the Pacific theater and fortunately survived. Some of his colleagues did not.
After his service he was able to afford to finish his education (on to a Phd), and due to the GI bill many universities expanded in order to accommodate the GI bill education benefits for the millions of veterans from WWII. This benefited both the vets (like my father), and grew the university system (which also benefited my father who became a professor.) Investing in vets - not only honors their sacrifice (part of the social compact that Romney doesn't recognize), it also benefits local economies and industries via stimulus.
I recognize the sarcasm within your post. I hope you don't mind that I used it to point out one area in our relatively recent history, where honoring that service not only completed the social contract, but also expanded economies due to paying that debt.