Vote as Veterans

U.S. Veterans have been defending the Constitution since it was written, we have successfully defended it on countless battlefields across the globe. While we have been successful against foreign enemies we are close to losing to domestic adversaries. They trained us in the weapons of war but neglected to train us in the most important weapon to protect the Constitution and that is the voting booth. Politicains have no qualms about putting veterans at risk. They have quite a few qualms in giving Veterans the medical benefits they have earned. Elected Public servants (politicians) make sure they have they best benefits in the world from an “temporary” position. Illegals and welfare recipients can go to any hospital. Veterans can't. Both parties are more interested in maintaining the status quo and their cushy jobs so one hand washes the other and they both stay dirty. It's time for us to learn that “new weapon” the Voting booth. There are 21.8 million veterans if we all cover each others back as we learned to do in Basic and each get one other person to vote with us, we vote as a block for Veteran candidates/supporters we can take back America. We will equal both parties. It's time we start voting not as Black, White, Hispanic, Republican or Democrat but as Veterans. Pay attention to who is running, are they a Vet, are they honest, if they are incumbents do they support Vets and the Constitution? The only reason we have lost benefits and have to beg for help is we have forgotten to stand together as Veterans and vote as such with friends and family members who support us. We need to defend the Constitution in the voting booth the same way generations of us have on the battlefield.

No Tax increase

Local and state elected public servants are gathering in various caucuses and groups to discuss how high taxes should be raised and how to get the increase past the taxpayers. My question is WHY should they be raised? Many private sector employees didn't get raises last year or small ones if that even if they received a decent raise, why should the government reduce the standard of living for taxpayers? Taxpayers have had to cut their spending just to survive, why should the government not have to do the same. Let's look at this idea to cut spending, if the expenditure does not benefit or is not used by 25% of the taxpayers in the town, city or state where it is being spent the other 75% should not be taxed to pay for it. Grants should also be done away with. There is no such thing as a Government Grant, the government does not make money it takes it from taxpayers therefore these are Taxpayer Grants. I would like to know how many billions of taxpayer dollars are given away in CT annually and then figure out how much more money we taxpayers would keep in our pockets without grants. What are they used for really? To influence voters. Also all negotiations for all contracts with the state whether union, schools, universities,hiring of outside contractors, purchasing of supplies and equipment must be open to the public and media. No closed doors we the taxpayers are having the money taken out of our pockets and we need to insure we are getting our monies worth.

Help for Vets

Being a Nam era Vet who was fortunate not to have been in combat I couldn't help but notice the number of charities out there to assist veterans physically wounded or scarred mentally from what they've been through. On one hand this is a good thing these men and women need assistance to get on with their lives the best they can. On the other hand it is disgusting that charities are needed to support these brave veterans who have paid a price beyond what should be asked of any human. The US Government should be taking care of this! When we give billions perhaps trillions to illegals in our country, when we double or triple that amount in foreign aid to countries that spit on our flag yet we make our Veterans beg for help something is very wrong in our government. When the federal elected public servants from the president down to senators and congressmen their appointees and staff receive the best medical care in the world on the taxpayers dollar and the veterans who have given so much to fulfill the Oath they took to defend the U.S. Constitution have to beg for medical care or be assisted by charities it is time things change. One change should be, any wounded veteran should not have to worry about paperwork or ever paying for treatment of their injuries physical or mental. Another is that Walter Reed be closed to elected public servants. For medical service they must go to the VA medical center in their home state in their electoral district. If they don't want this they can pay for private medical care out of their own pocket. It is time those that fulfilled their oath to defend the U.S. Constitution be treated as the heroes they are.

A Letter To American Voters

The belief in and the love of Freedom begins in the home.

This is an open letter to all Americans who support the U.S. Constitution and America.

Before you whine and cry and look for someone to blame that here in CT, Freedom and the U.S. Constitution took a hit in the last election, look in the mirror.

I'm sure you voted and you voted for Freedom but what about your children and your grandchildren? Did you raise them to understand the importance of voting, the importance of Freedom, the Freedom that millions of veterans gave all to preserve?

Did you raise them to have pride, dignity, a good work ethic? Did you teach them to stand for truth and honesty? Did you teach them stand for America the greatest country in the world? Did you raise them not to follow the crowd but rather follow what is Right? Did you advise them not to blindly believe what they are told in left leaning schools and the leftist media? Did you tell them to raise their children the way you raised them?

If you did this then I'm sure your children and grandchildren were there on election day helping come closer to bringing back America and Freedom. If you didn't, it is that time you did! I don't care how old your children are or how young your grandchildren are you still can and need to instill in them the love of America and Freedom you have. You need to instill in them the importance of them voting every election. To instill in them the courage to stand for America and Freedom is your sacred duty as an American and parent and a grandparent.

If you are being complacent and think they know all of this you are wrong, they are bombarded at every turn by the leftist media, leftist teachers and because of that leftist socialist peers. You can be sure those socialists and welfare parents and grandparents are indoctrinating their families in how to destroy America. It is up to you to teach your families to stand for America. If you do the next election will bring us closer to bringing back America. If you don't and America is not here for your retirement or your grandchildrens' childhood look in the mirror the only one you can blame for the fall of America is the one looking back at you, the one who couldn't be bothered, didn't have the time or didn't think it was important.

Feel free to pass on as long as you leave my name attached. I want the liberals to know where this came from. My John Hancock if you will.

Jim Neilson

Cheshire CT

Welfare slaves

So the slaves once again voted in their democratic welfare masters. Rather then develop pride, dignity, and a work ethic these slaves prefer a welfare check and their democratic masters are happy to steal from those with pride dignity and a work ethic to provide it. What are they going to do when the workers decide it's better to be on welfare themselves? Who's going to pay for the welfare check then?

Welfare is slavery

I wonder if the socialist bleeding heart do-gooders, ever think through the consequences of their actions and words? There is an article in August 11th's Republican American that reports that despite the high unemployment rate and the fact the the city is offering training and the pay rates start at $15 to $17 per hour construction jobs are going unfilled. Why? Common sense and logic tell me it is the fault of the socialist bleeding heart do-gooders because they have made welfare more attractive then working. Yes that's right. You see they believe everyone should have the same standard of living whether they work for it or not and have elected socialists to pass laws ensuring this. Why go out and raise a sweat and actually do something that produces something good, something that raises your self esteem, something that shows others you have pride and skill when you can sit home in a taxpayer paid for apartment eating taxpayer paid for food and still having money left for booze, cigarettes, drugs, tattoos, cars and sex? If you are on welfare not do to a real physical or mental disorder/disability and laziness is not a disorder or disability you should be living in a dorm eating cafeteria style meals and wearing hand me down clothes and you should have no taxpayer supplied spending money. This is what is called motivation. You want something better for you and your family you work for it. Instead of electing socialists (democrats) you elect people who bring jobs and training back to the U.S. People who want you to work to have pride and self esteem. Stop letting the socialists (democrats) tell you that you are useless, that you will never be worth anything that you can't support yourself or your family and that they the socialists (democrats) have to take care of you. That is just what the slave owners did to the slaves but because of PC we now call them democrats (socialist) slave owners who keep their elected position by buying votes with taxpayers money through welfare. Wake up take pride in yourself and tell the socialists you want a job, pride and self esteem not their form of slavery to welfare.

Elected officials are employees!

To the President, the Congress the governors and the state legislatures along with the EPA, DHS, DEEP, DOD, and all the other federal and state agencies that make laws, rules, regulations, guidelines and so on. Here is a piece of information you seemed to have forgotten, never understood or just feel you can totally ignore and that is, the U.S. Constitution is the law of the land. That said, you are not rulers, kings, despots, feudal lords, you are the employees of the American Citizen. Your job is not to tell us what you think we should do to protect your interests or those of multinational companies or even foreign countries. No your job is to do what we the American Citizens instruct you to do.

Your duties and limits are clearly set in the U.S. Constitution and it is time you abide by them. You at this time have taken the freest, greatest most innovative, technologically advanced country in the world and have all but destroyed it, by taking away rights guaranteed by the Constitution, by forcing out companies through taxes and useless regulations, by putting foreign government wants and desires above those of Americans by granting them Most Favored Nation status where they can import substandard goods and foods at prices below what the quality goods and foods cost when made and grown properly in America. You have all but destroyed the greatest education system the world has ever known by dumbing down requirements and attempting to institute socialist teaching under the Common Core. This needs to be reversed. There is an election in several months and if what I see on the internet not the government run media the majority of the voters are outraged at what elected employees have done to the greatest country in history and there will be a house cleaning by the voters. Americans will once again live in the greatest Free country in the world.