Sense Of Entitlement

Something that finally clicked about something...

The disconnect that considers veteran's benefits as no different from welfare entitlements (hint they are both entitlement programs) is the same disconnect as the difference between a wall running the entire inter-German border and a wall between the US and Mexico.

Why.

The wall in Germany was to keep people IN.  The wall on the southern border is to keep people OUT.

Veterans are one of the very few groups that gave something to get their benefits rather than failing to launch.  The promised benefits are an enticement to get young people to sign up; part of the deal.  They are, on the whole, none too generous either.

I am at a loss to see what so many people living on welfare have given to the nation and thus, fail to see what it owes them.

I'm compassionate, I'd support some programs, but many fewer than what we have running today.  I'd put more conditions and restrictions on the recipients than now as well.

What worries me most about thinking of Welfare and VA Bennies as one and the same is the tendency to cut them together when government starts talking about being efficient and cutting costs.

Shitting on veterans is traditional in DC, after all.