For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government employees, the agencies they work for and the people they serve. But veterans are among those hardest hit, and the impact goes well beyond job loss.

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    5 hours ago

    It’s awfully brave of them to mess with this particular voting bloc that may be armed and have arms training.

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      in 4 years voters will forget. also in 4 years whomever is running will just blame storm, or blatantly lie, and won’t be affected

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      And who have largely been brainwashed. They’ll make excuses, believe lies about the cause of their suffering.

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          4 hours ago

          Military leans 55% conservative/45% liberal. Less veterans likely support this then you think.

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                Most veterans don’t do 20, especially now. Looks like only 17% do. The military is terrible and pays like dick. Even the lifetime pension cant compete with leaving at 4 and then socking away just the difference in pay for 16 years.

                Most of us do our initial term and leave. Lots and lots and lots of us, at about a 45% ratio based on the last polling i looked at, are liberals or leftists.

                Veterans are not a unified, conservative voting block. The majority vote for this garage, but an almost equal sized minority do not.

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    You need 5? I think any cut is sufficient for the most continuously active military service in the world since 1945.