“Homeless veterans deserve a place in the American dream” an article supporting veterans and the benefits they deserve. The article is written by Maria Cuomo Cole, a firm believer in veterans rights, which helped form my opinion and my essay. They gave us their lives and we can’t give them the assistance they need? Every day we hear about veterans who are losing everything and we just turn the other way. This problem won’t fix itself, and if we don’t do anything to about this problem it will never be fixed. On this issue, X and Y say veterans volunteered to serve and they got paid for what they did. Although I understand and to some degree sympathize with the point of view some Americans have, this is ultimately a question of loyalty. What’s at stake is not money but the lives of those who have already risked their lives. Therefore, we must take care of them , afterall they took care of us.
In the article “Homeless veterans deserve a place in the American dream” Karlene S. is a 35 year old veteran who was part of the post 9/11 war against terrorism. Karlene is a single mother of three, the two youngest diagnosed with ADHD
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This statement may be true but I will never agree with her. I do get that they were paid for their duty but just like every other American who complains about the money they don’t have they do too. The difference between these veterans and average Americans is that they risked their lives to protect our country. They don’t sit at a desk, or work at a restaurant, they are living in places we can’t even imagine doing things we can’t imagine. The ones who get to come “home” don’t even have a home, they live in worse conditions, on the street, on park benches, or under bridges. They didn’t volunteer to live on the streets, and lose everything they had. They volunteered to take care of us, now it’s our turn to take care of