Wisconsin election shows difference in caring about veterans

If you just listen to what politicians say when they claim to support veterans during an election, because they want veterans to vote for them, you better get out your wallet and just hand it over. When they get veterans to vote for them they know they are also getting their families and friends because veterans fight for what/who they believe in. That's the saddest part of all.

The report about two politicians in Wisconsin just summed up what is happening all over the country.

Ribble, Wall Court Veterans
ABC WBAY News
Updated: Sep 18, 2012

Candidates for the U.S. 8th Congressional District vied for the veteran vote Tuesday.

Republican incumbent Reid Ribble and Democratic challenger Jamie Wall both held events to address the needs of men and women in the armed services.

Congressman Ribble hosted a symposium on post-traumatic stress disorder in Appleton. Panel members included state Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos and local PTSD experts to discuss the disorder and what resources are available.

Wall held a news conference in Green Bay, where he was flanked by veterans and declared them his first priority. He accused Congressman Ribble of trying to take money away from veterans programs.

"The budget that Congressman Ribble put together sadly turns its back on veterans funding. It takes 11 billion dollars in veterans funding and cuts it," Wall said.
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The budget Wall is talking about is the Paul Ryan budget that has been posted about on this blog many times before.

We just heard what Mitt Romney said about 47% of the American people not paying income tax and disabled veterans are included in on that percentage along with senior citizens, like Vietnam veterans, Korean War veterans and WWII veterans. What do they want military/veterans families do? Just die off so they won't have to worry about us anymore?

The VA needs to be fixed, not taken apart and sold off to private companies. Veterans already paid for everything the VA does with their lives on the line. Why should they ever have to worry about a politician taking over to take away from them? Talk is cheap but what they end up voting for proves how they really feel.