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TheMastersNemesis

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5. Federal Service Is A Bit Different.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 01:03 PM
Nov 2016

We will need civil servants to prevent some of the worst Trump/GOP abuses. Sadly a lot more of them will be privatized. And there will be a lot of pressure to compromise the work of our federal institutions.

On the other hand going to a combat zone and risking your life is another matter. So far veterans are not really taken care of after they come home. I would have to wait an see how veterans fare under a Trump administration. Plus our troops will be under a command that believes in and may even order using torture.

If our soldiers serve to protect what could end up being a white supremacist corporate controlled nation then is that really a worthy cause. If we are protecting the 1% at the expense of the rest of the country and returning soldiers end up in crap jobs at the end of their tours then they have wasted their time.

Somehow as a vet myself I do not see how I could ever salute this prick.

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