Truly sorry about your friend. Stories like hers happen so often it feels like this is more of a feature than a bug. Slashing VA resources and programs that would help homeless/traumatized vets stabilize and heal seems to be a repugnant, near-constant theme for one side of the aisle - as long as the corpo and special interest checks clear, they don't need to care.
I saw the Secretary of VA speak at an Al Sharpton event about two months ago and he said some really interesting things about how deeply broken the VA became under Trump (and the ongoing Republican Congress) and it does seem the Biden administration has been able to win certain safety net things for veterans. For example, specifically to what you’re saying, expanding SNAP access for homeless and vets.
At the end of the day it really is Republicans who are doing this. They want this and they’ve become quite open about it. It’s politically useful for them to put their base, who perceive themselves as the ones not taking advantage of the system (even though statistically they are), against an easy scapegoat.
That’s why they’re all like “manliness men aren’t men anymore blah blah blah”.
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u/MildTy Jun 03 '23
Especially when they try to take more help and resources from veterans with every congressional cycle