Jim,

For the record, two of my brothers were in WW2, two in the Korean War and I was in during the Vietnam war, but I never served in SE Asia. Also, for the record, I've been living with Prostate Cancer since the age of 55 (almost 10 years).

I do have a minor service connected disability but I never pursued it. I never asked for compension or VA treatment.

I agree that many Vets need and should get lifetime care and compensation, but the freeloaders are overloading the system whereas the ones that really deserve help arn't getting it.



>Dale,
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>I've been reading this as an interested outsider (being Canadian).
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>Both yours and Bret's positions are doubtless "economically" sound and technically correct. But there is another factor here that to me is overriding - the debt of society to these veterans!