[Vision2020] Veterans group doesn't give John McCain 21-gun salute

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Wednesday 08 October 2008 14:00:02 Chasuk wrote:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/07/2008-10-07_veterans_gro
>up_doesnt_give_john_mccain_2.html
>
> Sen. John McCain gets a D when it comes to veterans issues, according
> to a new congressional report card released Tuesday by Iraq and
> Afghanistan Veterans of America.
>
> Sen. Barack Obama fares better - he earned a B.
>
> The New York-based national veterans advocacy group graded every
> member of Congress on how he or she voted on major issues affecting
> 1.7 million vets from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>
> Sen. Joe Biden also earned a B. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wasn't
> included in the report.

These vets are, and will continue to be, an interesting and expensive special 
interest group. Not only will they ask for, and receive, educational benefits 
for their military service, tens of thousands of them will receive medical 
and disability benefits for the remainders of their lives. Just a little back 
of an envelope arithmetic suggests that these expenses over the half-century 
that many of these vets will live to enjoy may exceed a trillion dollars 
above and beyond the other expenses of the US Middle East adventures.


Ken