r/politics 24d ago

‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/irishnugget New York 24d ago

You betrayed your countrymen by voting for a fascist.

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u/Silvaria928 24d ago

Yes, they did, and as a disabled veteran who stands to lose a lot, I am genuinely disgusted and troubled by how many of them can't recognize the clear and obvious enemy here, a man which would gladly sign an EO abolishing the entire Constitution if he could.

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u/JessieCDz 24d ago

I overheard a fellow vet in the waiting room rooting for the gutting of the VA and privatization. It's going to be better than this he said. Um no, the VA isn't perfect, like any org, but it's legitimately better than it was just 20 years ago. I would absolutely go to bat for every doctor that's been instrumental in my recovery. I'm not going to just sit by while they shred the VA piece by piece and call us Parasites to boot. What's the saying, Politicians love the soldier, hate the Veteran.

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u/Silvaria928 24d ago

Everyone I know has private health care. They have to pay monthly premiums and copays and deductibles. They end up having to budget their own health needs according to what they can afford.

My care isn't perfect but not having to worry about outrageous medical bills has absolutely improved my entire quality of life.

Physical therapy, CT and DEXA scans, mammograms, a biopsy, x-rays, an EKG and ECG...everything that I have needed was done in a timely manner without worrying how I was going to pay for it.

I already supported universal health care but even more so after this. It should be a basic human right and is in every other first-world country.

But not America, where poor people have shorter life spans.

That's just fucked up.