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18. K&R Get the corporate vultures out of our government.

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2015, 10:29 PM

May 2015

Vultures is too kind a word for them, because vultures only prey on the already dead.

National Shame: 50,000 Homeless Veterans Nationwide
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017236236

Senators who voted to cut the pensions of US military veterans.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024718942

2010: Obama signs bill cutting 2.2 billion from food stamps
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x309

Politicians Thank Veterans For Their Service, Then Cut Programs To Feed Them
http://nhlabornews.com/2013/11/politicians-thank-veterans-for-their-service-then-cut-programs-to-feed-them/

2013: Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023965717

Study paints picture of aging, homeless veterans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002241657

"A nation that does not care for its war veterans has no business making new ones."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025591231

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Today in America. Nailed. [View all] Triana May 2015 OP

Boom! Right on the money. Or lack of money for vets, to be more precise. nt valerief May 2015 #1

K and r. nt cwydro May 2015 #2

Nailed it. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #3

:( spanone May 2015 #4

Perfect! LoisB May 2015 #5

Got it in ONE... Thespian2 May 2015 #6

K&R! This fucker should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2015 #7

That was old madokie 45 years or so ago madokie May 2015 #8

Case in point... Triana May 2015 #9

Great cartoon Gothmog May 2015 #10

Fire everyone at the VA except the doctors 1939 May 2015 #11

I don't think it is so much the clerks, as it is those in charge - And Congress for not doing their -none May 2015 #13

+1 n/t Triana May 2015 #14

Absolutely correct sir! d_legendary1 May 2015 #28

They managed to privatized the Iraq war, why not the VA? -none May 2015 #29

For most VA patients 1939 May 2015 #31

I'm in the VA system.... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2015 #26

The VA here in East TN is sooooo overcrowded fasttense May 2015 #27

So far only ONE person has been fired for all the fraud of the past few years. ONE. 7962 May 2015 #30

Perfect! K&R nt Duval May 2015 #12

K&R Solly Mack May 2015 #15

Yep... WillyT May 2015 #16

Powerful! frogmarch May 2015 #17

K&R Get the corporate vultures out of our government. woo me with science May 2015 #18

Yep, that's about it... Deuce May 2015 #19

The best way to honor our veterans is NOT to make more of them. calimary May 2015 #20

YES Iwillnevergiveup May 2015 #21

K&R.... daleanime May 2015 #22

Repuke lip service DiverDave May 2015 #23

The difference here is... dawnie51 May 2015 #24

see it all the time heaven05 May 2015 #25

Ouch. nt Lucky Luciano May 2015 #32