We Thank You For Your Service

As the government shutdown grinds into its third week, veterans benefits gained the spotlight Tuesday in what was the biggest protest yet aimed at pressing Congress and President Obama to solve the problem. The Military Coalition, a group of 33 veterans and military organizations, rallied at the National World War II Memorial on Tuesday morning. The groups wanted to publicize the impact the shutdown is having on many vets and their families amid concerns of delayed disability pay, GI Bill education stipends and other benefits. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki warned last week that financing vet benefits could become difficult if the impasse continues. Compensation checks to 5.1 million veterans won't be issued Nov. 1; 433,000 fully disabled veterans might not receive payments; and 360,000 surviving spouses and children of wartime veterans may stop getting VA money. The unemployment rate for veterans exceeds 20% in some areas. Some vets are battling disabilities that make them unemployable. Some rely on housing stipends while they attend school on the G.I. Bill. Suicide rates for vets are already high, this could push many over the limit. Look. Enough is enough. These dumbasses need to get it together and do the job that they were elected to do, represent the people for once instead of their own agenda.