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Vets need help
Ed, a lot of homeless people are veterans. Some have mental problems, others can’t get themselves back together, which is also a mental problem. Why can’t our society understand we’re not helping our veterans enough? We let them go over there to get killed or maimed, and we don’t do much of anything. Those of us who do want to do something don’t have resources. What’s your answer to this?
Veterans Advocate
Don’t look to the government or even a private philanthropic organization to solve the world’s problems. It starts with you, and everyone else, one person at a time. Volunteer for the VA or a homeless shelter. Your compassion is your “resource,” and it’s contagious.—Ed. Note
posted by Trentonian Editor at
12:06 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Ed, your wrong about this one. I have worked for the VA Hospital in Pa for years. I can tell you that some of the military personnel that we get are far from the help any local volunteer can offer. Your statement regarding individuals getting involved by way of volunteering is vastly incorrect. These veterans need much more. They need medications, prostesis, dental care, psychological help, physical therapy, life skills and administrative assistance help in receiving their rightful share of benefits after they arrive back home. This kind of long lasting assistance can only come from the government. The same government that sold them the "defend your country speech". Sorry Ed. The government supposedly offers some assistance however, it can takes over two years for anyone to even get to the paper work to decide whether or not they will get any assistance at all. One person I know waited 7 years and only got 20 percent toward their permanent disability. Ed. this person lost his legs in Vietnam, yet the Veterans Administration Office in Pa, repeatedly refused to assist him. This is a horror on the part of the administration and someone with a voice that the government will listen to should press this point home. I understand that Congressman Chris Smith has exhausted himself for years on behalf of the Vets, however, the fact that he has to fight to get anything for them is unreal. He is and continues to be an advocate for them, however, he needs help, the kind that soup kitchens and local volunteers cannot assist him with. No Ed. a volunteers compassion, or the availability of a homeless shelter cannot or will not solve the real problems they face.
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