OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE

The so called bipartisan budget bill is being hailed as a good step in the “right direction” for America. Paul Ryan and Patty Murray worked together to put a budget together that both say was difficult but necessary, both also say neither side got what they wanted but both, along with the leadership in both houses are elated by the “deal”.

  One group of people who are not happy with it are those who have sacrificed the most for the United States; veterans. It seems that in order to advance the fiscal wellbeing of Congress (not America) they find it necessary to cut the retirement benefits of veterans. I find this action to be deplorable and a national disgrace.

  All who have served this country deserve the benefits they were promised when they enlisted and to even consider reneging on those benefits should be grounds for removal from office.

  If anyone deserves a cut in pay or benefits it is those who got us into the mess we are in in the first place. Congressmen make $170,000.00 per year plus extravagant benefits and an outrageous retirement package after serving only a few short years (I use the term ‘serving’ very lightly).

  Congress and the ‘President’ waste more money in one week than they want to cut from veterans’ retirement package but their wasteful pet projects are what get them re-elected and of course re-election trumps the good of the nation.

  America is being ruined by self-serving elitists who need a wakeup call from “We The People”. This republic is dying a slow painful death because we have allowed politicians from both parties to gain power that was never meant to be held by anyone but the citizenry. They have forgotten that they work for us and it is time to remind them that the government our founders gave us was meant to be one of, by and for the people not one which lords itself over the people.     

   I urge everyone who reads this to make contact with your representatives and tell them that betraying our veterans is unacceptable and if someone has to suffer a pay cut it better be them. If we do not speak with one voice we will see our children suffer the consequences of our inaction. Generational theft must end and those responsible must be held to account for stealing our children’s future. SAVING AMERICA is fast becoming an impossible task and the longer we procrastinate on demanding a response from Congress and the president the more improbable it will become.