Somebody just called me soliciting money for veterans [View all]

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I can post the phone number here if it doesn't violate the TOS.

I may have handled it wrong, not sure, but I'll submit it to you without fear or favor:

He says "Hi I'm calling on behalf of disabled veterans." (This got my antenna up, not only because of no organization name, but the *behalf of* phrase, which indicates he was hired rather than a part of the group itself.) "These brave souls defend our freedoms, yours and mine, etc etc" and I interrupted "take a breath sir, let me save you some time, I'm not interested in giving any money today. Thank you though."

He said "so what you're saying is that these brave soldiers were there for you but you're not willing to be there for them" and I replied without skipping a beat "I'm there for them in the sense that I tend to vote for political candidates who don't send them into stupid wars to get their legs blown off, and I also vote for those who demand the federal government help those vets out upon their return, so that people calling ON BEHALF OF them who probably didn't serve either don't have to try to pry my hard-earned money from me while insinuating that I don't appreciate our military."

(click) he hung up.

Giving them the benefit of the doubt that they are a legit org, and that's a big stretch considering no organization name was presented at the outset of the phone call, I think it's horrible that the Republican arm of government has blocked so many funds and programs for vets that they are reduced to hiring people to call around and beg for money. I should have told them to call Trump and ask for $916B.