“The Seattle Times did publish two essays on Fri. and Sat. for Veterans Day, one by First Gentleman of Washington State, Mark Gregoire (a Vietnam veteran), and one by Patty Murray (head of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee). I found both of them to be, to put it politely, unsatisfying. Both were about helping veterans to find jobs without mentioning that there aren’t any jobs. Neither admits that there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Instead, they offer ideas to give veterans an advantage over other people struggling to find work. Another way to pit working people against each other for resources that should be shared but instead are hoarded by the spiritually poor, sometimes called The Rich.”
Bill Distler