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Hepburn

(21,054 posts) Thu Jan 22, 2015, 03:34 PM Jan 2015

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What the fuck???? Can't everyone see what's wrong with this picture? [View all]

Two things have really, really gotten to me lately regarding the manner in which the sick and disabled are treated in the United States:

1. TV Commercials asking for aid to Wounded Soldiers: What the hell? They fought for this country, why in the hell is not EVERYTHING they need being provided? Lost a leg, an arm? Then why aren't they given homes that are equipped for amputees? Etc., etc., etc...

2. TV Commercials asking for donations for children with cancer: Again...what the hell? Why is it necessary to literally beg for donations in a country which supposedly has the best medical care possible? Same goes for any person who needs medical care.

The more I see of this, he more I HATE Republicans, the insurance industry and the Vets Admin, etc., etc., etc...

Color me sad, really, really sad. This simply is NOT right. We are providing foreign aid all over the world...what about those who need us within our own country???

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What the fuck???? Can't everyone see what's wrong with this picture? [View all] Hepburn Jan 2015 OP

+++100000000000000> K&R misterhighwasted Jan 2015 #1

Thank you... Hepburn Jan 2015 #10

It's all about selfishness. n/t Hotler Jan 2015 #2

Yep... deutsey Jan 2015 #25

I was in my ACUPUNCTURE doctor's office yesterday and he had t shirts that NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #3

You only support full care for combat vets? bluedigger Jan 2015 #22

I think you are reading too much into the qualifier Tsiyu Jan 2015 #28

I wasn't responding to the OP. bluedigger Jan 2015 #42

Oops! Tsiyu Jan 2015 #58

Isn't what I meant, i should have said all veterans... NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #34

Cool. bluedigger Jan 2015 #39

What about faith healers? What about iathonic radiation? erronis Jan 2015 #65

Faith healers, is that in response to saying I want them to have care? I am confused NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #67

VA did coverr accupuncture but got cut in 2009 for some vets see post# 87 lunasun Jan 2015 #88

VA doctor, I do battlefield acupuncture. BruceStern Jan 2015 #104

even insurance like blue cross/ Medicare covers accupuncture(yes dependant on your plan) lunasun Jan 2015 #87

My guy told me VA is covering it now NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #108

No to acupuncture, and other scientifically unsound methods alarimer Jan 2015 #99

I'm in agreement about "science based medicine" erronis Jan 2015 #103

Evidence based? BruceStern Jan 2015 #105

I have a similar pet peeve about 'boxtops for education' phantom power Jan 2015 #4

+1 million n/t geardaddy Jan 2015 #18

How about "boxtops for F-35s"... Bigmack Jan 2015 #19

Lovin' it. Can you spare a dime for the poor beltway bandits? erronis Jan 2015 #63

But that would effect cereal sales negatively! ET Awful Jan 2015 #27

Seeing that box at my kids school really aggravates me AllyCat Jan 2015 #73

Those programs are tax avoidance strategies for the companies 'helping' the schools. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #81

Thank you!!! It makes me sick to see their misty-eyed commercials about it (yeah, I'm talking ND-Dem Jan 2015 #90

Any charity.... GTurck Jan 2015 #95

Feel that way about public schools abelenkpe Jan 2015 #5

I have always said that there are a few thing that should not be governed by money. Hepburn Jan 2015 #14

We take the boxtop money at our school Lifelong Protester Jan 2015 #86

I can't understand it. Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #109

Hey, our "Leave-A-Penny" health care system is the best in the world!!! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #6

It sounds so simple. Huge K&R. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2015 #7

Because people will donate, and then you can skim off some of the donations for yourself jeff47 Jan 2015 #8

good advice Jeff burfman Jan 2015 #23

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Jan 2015 #44

+1 Jeff jaysunb Jan 2015 #45

I was about to post this general idea, but was glad to see you already did. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2015 #56

This month's Architectural Digest has an example of that bhikkhu Jan 2015 #82

head of goodwill of socal was making over a million at one point, and goodwill of the willamette ND-Dem Jan 2015 #92

We need a more equal society, better wages, more security, and less charity. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #91

I think that's it! flygal Jan 2015 #101

No billions to be made in domestic aid. Initech Jan 2015 #9

this the repuke solution to everything Skittles Jan 2015 #11

It's the NWO: Government bad. Private sector good. AtomicKitten Jan 2015 #12

I agree with everything except for the part about the Veterans Administration. GoCubsGo Jan 2015 #13

Agree... Hepburn Jan 2015 #15

Agreed tecelote Jan 2015 #16

The VA is saving my life right now. Literally. Skarbrowe Jan 2015 #38

As a VA doctor, thank you. BruceStern Jan 2015 #107

Paralyzed Veterans of America....... Historic NY Jan 2015 #17

Soldiers are expendable, and kids don't vote QuebecYank Jan 2015 #20

"Children are not seen as people." old guy Jan 2015 #24

You got that right. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #50

"Republicans feel the same about soldiers as they do about fetuses... alterfurz Jan 2015 #68

So, so very true. maddiemom Jan 2015 #112

It is this message that I scream at the TV all of the time when I see these commercials katmondoo Jan 2015 #21

Righteous rant, but... Wounded Bear Jan 2015 #26

Well, for #1 Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #29

tax cuts/budget cutting=osteporosis to the foundation of the government. YAY! VOODOO DOO DOO! pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #30

It's either this or America will fall prey to the evil European socialism! think Jan 2015 #31

Every time I see a car wash for someone's medical care it stokes my hatred for rethugs. kairos12 Jan 2015 #32

Right on. Vets and cancer patients should not have to beg for necessities. SunSeeker Jan 2015 #33

Foreign Aid = "spreading democracy" (to the CONS) Utopian Leftist Jan 2015 #35

Repugnants who vote to GO to war ought to be required to also vote for ALL efforts to help vets when Bill USA Jan 2015 #36

This is the essential problem. Turbineguy Jan 2015 #37

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2015 #40

i dont even own an idiot-box anymore TimeToEvolve Jan 2015 #41

Same here, TimeToEvolve Tsiyu Jan 2015 #62

I wish Denmark would invade us and take over. nt Flatulo Jan 2015 #43

they make hate capitalism more and more RoccoR5955 Jan 2015 #46

REC Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #47

The real reason is pretty ugly, actually. MADem Jan 2015 #48

According to 60 Minutes every single recipient of SSDI is faking it. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #49

Also according to a disturbing number of DUers. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2015 #60

Thank you for posting this. cpamomfromtexas Jan 2015 #51

In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker friend, just got out of prison today because he stole from the vets midnight Jan 2015 #52

I couldn't agree more. Every time I see those ads for wounded warriors, it makes me so angry sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #53

Sen. Simpson's comments are galling and SICK Tsiyu Jan 2015 #66

That is the commercial that I saw today which totally inspired my Post. Hepburn Jan 2015 #80

Yes, I really admire the people who are trying to provide the help they need. And I have donated to sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #84

k&r... spanone Jan 2015 #54

as a kid, I had Ulcerative Colitis. it's life threatening, catastrophic--- BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #55

Every time I get a call from veterans organizations dialing for dollars I tell them this... JeffHead Jan 2015 #57

We need commericals 24/7 workinclasszero Jan 2015 #59

Our local veterans home sends guys out on food drives. I always kick in brewens Jan 2015 #61

Both those things have been bothering me for years! MoonRiver Jan 2015 #64

Hate the con artists who come up with these "charities" too.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #69

Hey Hepburn! Uben Jan 2015 #70

I agree with you, but foreign aid is a miniscule part of our budget. PatrickforO Jan 2015 #71

Gotta keep not taxing the rich madokie Jan 2015 #72

Pretty much every week there is a flyer up asking for donations for Bettie Jan 2015 #74

Ironically enough I was PumpkinAle Jan 2015 #75

Cannot express how much I hate collections taken LibDemAlways Jan 2015 #76

That one absolutely gets to me. Hepburn Jan 2015 #79

Supply-Side Jesus loves America nikto Jan 2015 #77

K&R ND-Dem Jan 2015 #78

K & R Petrushka Jan 2015 #83

but but philanthrophy+ volunteers can replace government help '1000 points of light' and all that lunasun Jan 2015 #85

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! drmeow Jan 2015 #89

Priority #1... czarjak Jan 2015 #93

Exactly! ctsnowman Jan 2015 #94

I totally get what you are saying laundry_queen Jan 2015 #96

This post is LONG overdue. The "Wounded Warrior" stuff in particular makes bullwinkle428 Jan 2015 #97

+ 1n/t ejbr Jan 2015 #100

This country is very messed up. alarimer Jan 2015 #98

I was 15 minutes from death with Lupus, a treatable disease, because I had no health insurance. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #102

You mean promote the general welfare? Yeah, that'd be trippy. raouldukelives Jan 2015 #106

From the words of the esteemed sage, Tony Soprano father founding Jan 2015 #110

"in a country which supposedly has the best medical care possible" KamaAina Jan 2015 #111