A Moral Question: How Well Does America Care for It's Own?

With pomp & circumustance, young men & women brave soldiers are sent off to war to fight for there country, there beliefs & a way of life. Yet, on the return home many veterans injuried by the ravages of war either physically or mentally do not seem to get the treatment or the respect that there government owes them. This has begged the question why are our facilitates like Walter Reed having public scandals that describe shotty outpatient care and infested conditions and public debates over the VA's inability to care its patient is now plying a front center role in daily newspaper, TV & internet stories.

This has begged ne to ask the question, are people with disabilities, even our wonderful soldiers still seen as second class citizens. Does the stigma of disability still exist or is this just politics as usual? Most importantly, how can a government not care for its own? To be even asking this questions have made me both sad, angry & disgusted. Why should I have to be even thinking that in the United States of America those that defend our country should not get at least the basics when it comes to healthcare. While many disagree with the policies of war and the administration, no one should feel that these young men & woman deserve sub standard care!

We are at a philosophical crossroads here - If the government cannot take care of its own in terms of basic healthcare, acclimating these young men & woman back into society and helping with employment, education and other basic needs what do we as a community need to do to solve the issue? I will begin to answer and show what is being done to help solve an issue that our own government seems to be sputtering on.