Reply #6: As a military vet...

[BrentWil]

I bet I would get more benifits. There are currently 21.9 million vets in the United States. (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veteranscensus1.html) The department of Veteran budget is 132.2 billion. If you divided that up and just gave it out it would mean $6036.52 a year for every vet if divided equally. That is more benefit then I will ever see from the VA.

With that said, I don't think that is what should happen. You shouldn't divid it equally. Some have suffered much more then others. However, I wouldn't be opposed to turning some of their programs into vouchers and supplementing their income instead of trying to run health care through a government entity.

And now with THAT said, that isn't what I am talking about. I am talking about a state run entity that sells a product to the public. The public then buys it. Think the Post Office or PEMEX.