Not the flag wavers who refuse to 'Sacrifice' as they demand those serving them, and the families of, to. And whose representatives don't demand they should, even to pay for the wars sent into as they rubber stamp those costs on the countries credit card and, maybe, to be paid by the coming generations! Especially for the results of our wars and the decades, and wars from, of underfunding their responsibility the Veterans' Administration and the State Veterans' agencies!
Jun 11, 2013 - Lisa Groves has taken a handful of bullets from a veteran who was considering suicide. She has helped dispose of pills for a veteran who had lost all hope. She has clamped her hand over the freshly slit wrists of a veteran who was trying to take his own life.Driving and living in a 2007 Jeep Compass slathered in pro-veteran messages, Groves has crossed the country once to help ailing veterans and raise awareness of their struggles. Now she's doing it again.
"We've really got a beautiful country," the 50-year-old said, "but we don't take care of our veterans."
Groves rolled into Fayetteville on Monday in the first month of her second nationwide journey with no plan other than to find some vets to help.
"Nobody asked me to do this," she said. "I'm dedicating my time and doing the best I can." read more>>>
And yes I fully understand there are plenty of others out there, as well as organizations, who fully understand and care.
But those of us who've served or those serving don't do so for individuals or groups of organizations, who have to fight to maintain their success in seeking individual donations from the pools of those willing to give a few dollars, many with very successful programs helping where the countries veterans' administration can't because of lack of funding, now for decades, or those who volunteer, with dedication, at VA hospitals etc... We serve the whole country in the present and not those who are our children now or have yet to be born and are then burdened with the bills racked up, which costs much much more to finally pay off or pay for!
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