9/11 Victims - Agent Orange Victims

Glad I ran across your Op-Ed Joe. As a once resident of Syracuse, a 'Nam Vet '70-'71 last year of my four, and a long time Veterans Advocate on Agent Orange, PTSD and all related to my brothers and sisters, especially our now younger ones of these wars of choice, I totally agree!
But lets look at who didn't want this passed as to the 9/11 victims as well as the Agent Orange brothers. Next look at the congresses since Vietnam, Congressional records are all public. But finally, and Most Important, it goes deep into this countries use of meme's and their unwillingness to 'Sacrifice' for the very few who serve them, out of site out of mind, it's been forty plus years of fighting them!
Now we've gone a decade with No Sacrifice nor No Demand for, heard a teabagger mention anything, me neither, and now we've allowed them to extend Tax Cuts only the wealthy, many making billions off these wars, benefited from, another two years and more!!
It isn't about the 9/11 bill and lack of funding for the Vets, it's about The Country Who Refuse While Not Serving In Any Capacity, just whining about their tiny contribution instead of demanding more for their labor !!!

Commentary: Joseph Fahey says the amount proposed to aid Agent Orange victims is a pittance compared to the amount for 9/11 Health Compensation Act

DEMOLITION SUPERVISOR John Feal (left0 Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.; Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Kir´sten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. and Rep.Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., participate in a gathering at ground zero to cel´ebrate the passage of the 9/11 Health and Compensa´tion Act.

December 28, 2010 - Last week, the U.S. Congress created the James Zadorga 9/11 Compensation Fund to cover the cost of medical treatment for first responders who incurred illnesses from their service at the World Trade Center site. The fund provides $1.8 billion for the first five years of its existence. The legislation also set aside $2.5 billion to reopen the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund for five years to provide payment for job and economic losses. This latter sum is in addition to $7.049 billion already distributed to survivors of those killed and injured in the attack.

In contrast, members of Congress earlier this year balked at funding a defense appropriation bill that would have expanded coverage of the conditions presumptively caused by exposure to Agent Orange, encountered by veterans of the Vietnam War, because they claimed that the regulations are too expansive and the estimated cost of the benefits, $42 billion over the next decade, was too expensive. {continued}