The Fleecing of American Servicemembers and Veterans  by Roland
Wilsonflag   Over the past several decades, American
Servicemembers, and especially Veterans have seen a growing
trend in our government. That is, the government sends our men
and women off to war, gives temporary enticing incentives and
makes other empty promises to attract and keep them in the
military; and then once they retire or discharge, these veterans
are disposed of like useless pieces of antiquated military gear.
It wasn’t too long ago, that our government understood and truly
tried to take care of our Servicemembers and Veterans.  This
makes perfect sense since up until the 1970-80’s, approximately
75% of the members of congress had served in the military,
compared to around 20% today.  Thus, they fully understood what
military service, sacrifice, honor, commitment and integrity
meant.   Because of this, both Servicemembers and Veterans
enjoyed many hard-earned and desperately needed benefits.  For
example, they used to be able to buy