Restore cuts to benefits for veterans

By James Ferguson

Published January 30, 2014 5:00am ET

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Restore cuts to benefits for veterans — Each year, hundreds of billions of dollars are identified as going toward wasteful, sometimes even ridiculous programs. Why are we asking veterans to sacrifice again while the rest of the government's wasteful spending is on autopilot? (Photo: Thinkstock) | spectrumblue

Nobody understands the virtue of sacrifice more than America’s veterans and military personnel. Politicians often talk about sacrifice, but usually, they are asking for someone else to bear the burden.

Shamefully, Congress‘s recent budget vote epitomizes this habit, as they slash the benefits of our nation’s veterans without making the harder reforms needed to restore fiscal balance to our nation.

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