This is from an email that I received from my father, who is a military vet himself. We have military veterans in our family (to our knowledge) that have honorably served since WW I. President Obama is the FIRST American President to ask our military vets to pay for their injuries sustained due to their service to our great nation. More personal comments to follow...
Service, Sacrifice, lay your life on the line and if you’re not killed, pay your own medical bills! Voluntary Armed Forces the "Obama Way"!
If someone has to explain this to you, you are not a veteran...
Obama doesn't seem to have much respect for the military, even though he says that he supports our troops. Maybe in the future our leaders should be veterans. THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THIS!! THE MOST STUPID STATEMENT EVER BY A PRESIDENT-Unbelievable
THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE PRESIDENT?
HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.
Bad press, including major mockery of the play by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 billion annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.
"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..." "I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country, "Obama continued "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit... I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans."
Please pass this on to everyone including every vet and their families whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?
REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT...."Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"
If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over. If you or a family member is or has served their country please pass this to them.
Please pass this to everyone. I'm guessing that other than the 20-25% hardcore liberals in the US will agree that this is just another example why this is the worst president in American history. Remind everyone over and over how this man thinks.
What I don’t get with this is that Obama says he supports our troops, but wants them to pay for their service related injuries? That’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one! What also gets me is that Obama and his ilk in D.C. are willing to give everything to those who can do something with their lives, but choose not to, while taking from those who have done the right thing by at least trying to ensure that they will not become a burden on the state! That’s just not the American way! Man, I can’t wait until 2012!
I thought since the Democratic Party in D.C. likes to throw around the phrase “patriotic duty,” that it is necessary to define what patriotic or patriot is.
According to the on line dictionary, Dictionary.com, the term “patriotic” means, “1. of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot. 2. expressing or inspired by patriotism: a patriotic ode.”
According to Dictionary.com, the term patriot means, “1. a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion. 2. a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.”
So... I’m finding it hard to see where giving up earned money (with earned being the only point) is a patriotic duty that all Americans must share. In fact, the term patriot includes defending individual rights from the federal government! Rights like the right to what I earn! Besides... the words “robbery” and “theft” include taking something from someone you haven’t earned yourself. So with that in mind... the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats in general = thieves!
Taking from those who produce to give to those who don’t is the basis for communism/socialism. So this is more proof that Obama is a communist/socialist. Obama takes from those who are doing the right thing by being self sufficient and gives to those who are able bodied and able minded, but rather choose do to nothing with their lives other than bitch, whine, and complain about their “lot in life” which again is the basis for communism/socialism.
I’m sure none of my liberal friends will even read this and if they do, they’re not going to comment because they never do. What they left won’t admit is the fact that we on the right don’t mind helping those in real need. We Republicans are tired of “helping” the able bodied and able minded. We are tired of giving money to those who would rather get high or drunk than to be self sufficient. It’s time we cut these people off at the knees like Canada did so we can help the REAL needy in America. At its worst, Canada had a debt equivalent to our current debt in America, but not anymore. So what DID Canada do? They made MAJOR cuts in their social welfare programs and told the lazy to get off their butts and get to work! Lowe and behold, Canada’s debt went down fast after that happened!
So now I ask... How far is it that 47% of American’s don’t pay taxes? Just imagine how much income the federal government would have if EVERY American did their “patriotic duty” and paid taxes to the federal government.
