It's Nice To Remember Veterans Today, But....

       The way Veterans are being treated by the VA is a scandal and a stain on the Obama Administration. But then it was a scandal and stain on the G.W. Bush Administration as well. In fact it was a scandal and stain on Clinton, G.H.W. Bush, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ, Kennedy and Ike. In fact the way our Veterans have been treated has been a scandal and a stain going back to the Veterans of the Revolutionary war where vets captured Congress and held it hostage for a day or so. Or the Veterans of WWI who picketed and rioted against Congress because they had not received the bonus they had been promised.
       It seems that we Americans are really good at claiming to be proud of our servicemen and women. We're even more than happy to promise them anything we have to, in order to get them to serve. It's the following up on those promises we have a problem with. Veterans have, over the years, learned to understand that we citizens are more interested in keeping our taxes low than in living up to our promises. It's just the way things are. Making is easy, doing is hard.
       Look at how our Congress passes budgets and spending bills and promises to pay and then turns around and argues over signing the bill that allows the government to pay the bills. Can you imagine if you or I agreed to pay a certain amount for a new car, signed all the paperwork, took the car home and then decided not to make the payments? How long do you think you'd get to keep the car. But what if you did that for your grocery bill. You took the food home, ate it and then when the bill came, you said 'thanks but no thanks'? Why do you suppose the doctor, dentist, and grocer wants to be paid in advance? They all want to be paid in advance because they know that Americans are deadbeats. We must be, because we've made promises to our veterans but when it comes time to pay up, we forget what it was that we promised. But even though the Johnny Rebs and Yankee blue coats of yester year were unhappy with what they got, is not a good reason to ignore promises to the current crop of vets.