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In reply to the discussion: Inside the Koch brothers campaign to privatize the VA. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)17. Excellent first article, will read this too. Thanks!
The VA's operating costs are about 3% of its budget, the rest going to patient care. And in the process, many billions of dollars in profits from exploiting veterans problems are being denied the hyenas.
Charles Koch: "The only legitimate role of government is protection of person and property."
OF COURSE, they intend to destroy the VA.
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I was pleased to find that some staunch Republican VN vet friends voted for Hillary
pinboy3niner
Dec 2016
#18
Yes. One good thing is that the VA groups are unified in opposing this.
A-Schwarzenegger
Dec 2016
#9
If only everybody would have listened to what Trump was saying BEFORE they voted.
A-Schwarzenegger
Dec 2016
#23
"All i know is he promised me a great job doing something for a lot of money!
A-Schwarzenegger
Jan 2017
#42
When they say "fix" they mean privatize. When they say "choice" they mean profits funneled
suffragette
Jan 2017
#31