Trump: people who work for the VA are "sadists" & should get "their ass kicked" by vets

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. A friend of mine who is a physician once told me that VA doctors

basically worked barely at all and earned tons of money. I was so flabbergasted by that statement that I didn't know how to respond except to suggest that maybe she should seek a job with the VA.

I'll admit that I know almost nothing about the VA or or those who work for it or how well they serve their patients. But from my own experience with bureaucracy in other areas, I've no doubt that the VA can often leave a lot to be desired. I also suspect that the VA may well be systematically underfunded. Like too many things inside and outside the government.

And even though I'm not a fan of all of our wars, and I am not on board with "Thank you for your service" as a knee-jerk response to anyone in uniform, I do believe strongly that we should take care of our soldiers. Explicit and implicit promises were made to them, and those promises should be kept. The VA should be funded above and before any new weapons. That's just for starters.

No one who has not served is entitled to much criticism of our soldiers. I never served, and I'm highly critical of all of our recent military incursions, but nonetheless I think we owe them a huge debt. Starting with complete and total medical care for whatever.

I'd like to see a huge cut-back in our military commitments abroad, but that's a completely separate topic.

Trump is a total idiot. What I really want to say would (as it should) invite a visit from the Secret Service, so I won't say it. Just that he's an idiot.