Enjoy your memorial day:
from a nyt article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/us/31iht-letter.html?ref=us
There are substantive issues. The unemployment rate among veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq is more than 13 percent. There are more than 100,000 homeless veterans, and women face special challenges. There are humongous mental-health deficiencies; the Pentagon estimates that about 20 percent of those who have served in these wars will suffer from mental health issues.
And the Department of Veterans Affairs is too bureaucratic. Currently, there are more than a half-million disability claims with the department; more than one-third have been pending more than four months. “The average veteran walking into the V.A. does not see much change,” Mr. Rieckhoff said.
While you have your parades ... we have no homes
while you eat your bbq ... we have no jobs
while you have your concerts ... we have no health care
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
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