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What and Who Really Matter?

How soon they forget

Recently, I was at the Veterans’ hospital complex in Bedford.

What I saw was very disturbing … no, not just disturbing … it was infuriating.

Our veterans living there have to pay, and pay a lot, for soda from vending machines, when it should be free to them.

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Our veterans living there do not have on-site, weekend canteen service, this is wrong.

Our veterans and their families bringing them to the campus have to park far from the buildings to which they need to go. More nearby parking space should be made and done quickly.

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Now, we read that the Veterans Administration recently spent hundreds of thousands entertaining themselves ... they didn't pay a penny for their beverages. Now, we read that political candidates are spending millions of dollars on their campaigns and their conventions.

Shame on the VA.

Shame on the candidates … Democrats and Republicans.

They do not know who and what really matters.

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