Senator Bernie Sanders has the article Flashback: Republicans Block VA Benefits on his web site.

Republicans in February blocked important legislation from Sen. Bernie Sanders to improve veterans’ access to health care among other things. Only two Republicans, Sens. Dean Heller and Jerry Moran, voted for the veterans benefits bill, which was endorsed by every major veterans organization.

A country like ours that can make its own currency at the drop of a few computer key strokes always has enough money to pay for whatever it wants. It may not have the actual resources, but it has the money. In our case, with high unemployment, unused factory capacity, and excess natural resources, there is absolutely no reason to not fund the VA bill.

Money this country owes in terms of its own currency that it creates, will never be a burden for future generations to pay off unless we keep strangling this country with phony economics that strangles the productive capacity of the nation.

Every felon probably knows the phrase, “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.” For our country, we need to remember, “If you can’t afford the war, don’t start one.” It doesn’t rhyme, but it is just as applicable.

We all knew that George W. Bush and the Republicans would do this to our veterans when they started the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is just one of the reasons we should have been adamantly opposed to both wars, and especially to the one in Iraq. If we cannot afford to support our troops, we should stop meddling in world affairs.

The Washington Post has the story Sen. Sanders to propose bills addressing VA issues.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Friday that he will introduce a bill to hold top officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs accountable for performance problems and re-introduce comprehensive VA legislation that failed in February.

If we have to elect Bernie Sanders as President in 2016 to get fair treatment of our veterans, then let’s do it.