Jon Stewart: When It Is Time for War, We Always Have the Money, and Then We Balance the Budget on the Backs of Veterans

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STEWART: "You know, it’s incredibly important. Look, there is a very small percentage of Americans who bear the onus and brunt of America’s wars. It is a tiny percentage, and it is the veterans and their families and oftentimes their caregivers. And, you know, out of sight, out of mind. When it's time for war, we always have the money, man. Get the credit card out, put down that $6 trillion to go to war for 20 years, and then we try and balance the budget on the backs of veterans as they are coming home to reintegrate and assimilate and deal with all the health problems. And the burdens of that reintegration, the burdens of fighting your own government that you have just recently sacrificed to protect and defend also leads to a lot of the mental health stresses, it leads to financial stress. The PACT Act doesn’t solve all their problems, but it removes at least some of the burden and obstacles and it starts to switch the burden of proof back to the government as opposed to the veterans."