Veterans of Today Are Not Respected Nearly Enough

Respect Veterans Today! Veterans of today are not respected nearly enough. Sometimes politics get in the way and do more harm than good. Right now that’s happening . Look at the plight of some of  our soldiers today. Some are in dire straight and it shouldn’t be in the greatest and richest nation in history. It is a shame. We can do better.

I was watching CNN special presentations a few days ago. This program focused on the economic plight of some our  military heroes of today. Now that the Iraq War is over and the Afghanistan War is winding down many veterans are finding it difficult to make ends meet. Their families are suffering financially because many are unemployed or under employed. Did you know that their unemployment rate is much higher than the national average? This can be fixed without a problem. Our nation lacks the political will to do so.  Let’s not forget that our soldiers make it possible for us to live free and participate in this free enterprise system. Make the connection. Even the rich is in danger of losing their fortunes  without a strong army. The rich and powerful have more to lose than anybody therefore they should be out front on this issue.

  We as a nation  just can’t   celebrate the soldiers on Veterans  Day or Memorial Day and call it a day. These warriors have financial needs. Their needs should be on the front burner and not the back burner.

How can we standby and say nothing. I can’t. We can do better as a nation.  The CNN Special focused on  Fort Stewart  Georgia. It was a heart wrenching story. All the soldiers wanted to be able to take care of their families and were not looking for a hand out. They just wanted a job that paid comparable to what they were making on active duty so they could take care of  their families.  Guess what?  I think I’ve got a solution. I need your help in getting this message out.

Since the Fort Stewart soldiers are engineers and just  fresh off building roads and bridges in Afghanistan my idea is get the unemployed soldiers all over the country rebuilding our infrastructure.  Wouldn’t it be cool if Congress could pay the soldiers rebuild our infrastructure? I think it will work.  It make sense to me. If you have political connections please pass this idea on to the powers to be.  

Our tax dollars will pay them one way or the other. We  are going to pay for unemployment benefits, food stamps, job training etc. Why not pay them for working? They are really good at it and they all want to earn a living by working. 

Put the veterans to work even if it means that the deficit will increase in the short term. They deserve the opportunity to make a decent living. Come on yall . You got to agree with me on this. We can not cast them aside like yesterdays’ newspaper. So what, in the short term it may increase the deficit but in the long term I think that this will add to employment numbers and improve the economy overall.  Most importantly the veterans will be appreciated and the nation will be better off because we can say we take care of our soldiers like no other nation in the world. I do not know what other nations are doing but I do know that we as the great United States can do much better than this.

I understand the political implications of my suggestion. Politics shouldn’t be a considerations because the soldiers keeps us all free no matter  with what party you aligned. Man we can do better than this. That’s my opinion. What’s yours? 

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