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Libertas
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Happy Veterans Day!

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That is all.
I sigh in your general direction.
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That's all it ever is.

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https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/stat ... 3113227268

Not a happy day for a lot of veterans
The Pentagon spends over $2,000,000,000 every single day.

Meanwhile, 40,000 veterans experienced homelessness last year.

What if "support our troops" meant reinvesting funds to actually provide veterans with basic necessities?
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Motor City wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:30 pm https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/stat ... 3113227268

Not a happy day for a lot of veterans
I have spent months even years of my life worrying about a family member being homeless.
I sigh in your general direction.
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Libertas wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:31 pm I have spent months even years of my life worrying about a family member being homeless.
I once lived here:

https://goo.gl/maps/dg2wMUg6QDMvcpAc9

In the log cabin behind the shed that wasn't there when I was there. It had electricity and phone, but it didn't have water except what we hauled, and for a toilet it had an outhouse. A wood stove and a dirt floor. We lived there for about a year.

That's not being homeless. That's as close as I ever came.

We had fun living there, it wasn't that bad. Except for the outhouse during winter with 3 feet of snow and minus 30.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT76j8RrJZg
Vietnam War Veteran & Renowned Filmmaker Oliver Stone and Iraq War Veteran & Bestselling Author Danny Sjursen join us to discuss the current state of the American Empire, how we should be honoring our veterans and much more!
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This is a good place for it, today is a happy Veterans day.

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Biden signs four bills aimed at helping veterans

https://thehill.com/homenews/administra ... p-veterans
President Biden on Tuesday signed four bipartisan bills that are aimed at helping veterans and military families by addressing disparities in benefits, creating recruiting programs, reducing education costs for surviving families and by addressing the maternal health crisis among veterans.

“We have many obligations but we only have one truly sacred obligation, mind you, and that is prepare those we send into harms way, care for their families when they’re gone and care for them and their families when they’re home. That’s a lifetime commitment, a lifetime commitment the nation owes to every one of our veterans,” Biden said at the White House.

The president remarked that the full room of senators and House members that joined him for the bill signings made it seem there was a quorum present and that he missed having quorums from his time as a senator. Vice President Harris and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough also attended.
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