Young Vets Target McCain

when was the last time you received a raise, and was it the same percentage that our government officials received, my guess would be that your answer is "NO". Please stop voting for the same people, let's clean up the White House, and get rid of the waste, our government has overgrown our economy, and we can no longer afford it. We need to pass a bill someway, somehow, that will make it illegal for a Congressman, or Senator to even have a conversation with a Lobbyist. I believe all Lobbyists should be banned, and if a government official is even seen with any of these slimball Lobbyists they will be charged with treason, and punished accordingly. What do you all think?

the opporturnity to have their college education paid for via the G.I. Bill, and that is not much for what they have had to endure. I went through the program, and I gave to my country, I was indeed given that promise to have my education paid for, just as every recruit is given when they sign up, but you might have to sign up for a longer period of time. Yes, we are guaranteed this with a contract but you must negotiate it, and have them put it in writing, or the government will weasel out of it if they can, it is no different than any other contract. Most of the military is given the opporturnity, but you as a military member have to make it happen, or you will fall by the way side.

I don't have a problem with any veteran asking for more money or benefits. They don't ever get enough as it is.

As a former military man myself, I can assure you, those sign on bonuses and extra "perks" as you call them don't amount to any more than what you could get applying yourself in the civilian world.

After 5 years of service, 2 years of school and 3 years in and out to sea on a ballistic missile submarine, was making about $28,000. This was in the 1990's. I had moved up in rank as fast as one could, and I was paid extra because I lived off base. There were many guys on board who had been in the Navy for 10-15 years that still didn't make that much.

We got free medical care, but just like you think government health care would be... it's not the best in the world.

I got a sign on bonus, but after taxes it amounted to about $15,000... and that was astronomical for those days. I went into the nuclear power program, so I got a big bonus. Still, they paid it out spread out over the years I was in, so it didn't really feel like a big bonus. If you don't serve your entire time, you have to pay it back.

That's all you get for risking your life to fight these wars that these elites decide we should be fighting.