Just a thought that has been swirling around in my imagination:
Apparently there are some huge problems with the VA. This can not be news to anyone. Those poor soldiers have been telling us this since they started coming home from Vietnam. They took about 40 years to admit that Agent Orange cause health problems! They might have checked with some millions of Vietnamese. Or the thousands and thousands of soldiers reporting their problems.
Actually, if you think about it, war causes health problems. Mental health, bodily health, spiritual health..all screwed up. Depleted Uranium in Iraq? Funny, that shit, like Agent Orange can't figure out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. Look up possible effects of toxic levels of uranium. It is pretty frightening.
Story after story has been dribbling out about returning soldiers who can't get medical help. Maybe the VA is trying very hard. Maybe there are some huge cover ups going on. Maybe the money is being skimmed off by evil people. Maybe this is a big push to privatize the VA so Haliburton can get all the money, whatever is going on, it is a problem. A big problem.
One of the reports I read states that the systems don't work. This is where I got my idea. Instead of having a billion meetings to rehash the problems with the same old people who created the systems and covered it up when they didn't work, why not go to high school or college kids and have them invent completely new systems? Young people today who are into tech stuff seem to be absolutely amazing at making systems. I am not a fan of trying to adjust and rework stuff that doesn't work. Sometimes it isn't just about the money spent, it is about solving problems. Some solutions can be simple and elegant. That is my thought for the day.
We owe it to the vets. There is a lot about war and its effects that can't be fixed. We must fix what we can. The father of my friend Joan just started to get compensation for a brain injury he got in WW11. Ain't that a pisser...70 years.
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