The price of war is much greater than we think.
Returning veterans are profoundly marked for life. All the flag-waving and hoo-hah cannot make up for the lack of adequate support for our veterans.
Read about the inadequacy of our response here.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Just how much money?
A friend handed me this brochure, based on President Obama's 2012 federal discretionary budget, sent to Congress in February 2011. Percentages are rounded.
Military, Department of Defense, War, Veterans Affairs, and Nuclear Weapons programs = 60%
Health and Human Services = 7%
Education = 6%
State Department = 5%
on down to
Transportation = 1%
Dwight D. Esienhower said: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Military, Department of Defense, War, Veterans Affairs, and Nuclear Weapons programs = 60%
Health and Human Services = 7%
Education = 6%
State Department = 5%
on down to
Transportation = 1%
Dwight D. Esienhower said: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
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