Your tax dollars not at work

[mamajoan]

Jan. 27, 2005 | WASHINGTON -- Most patients at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington have a lot on their minds: the war they just fought, the injuries they came home with, the future that lies ahead. The last thing a wounded soldier needs to worry about is where the next meal is coming from. But for hundreds of Walter Reed patients, that's a real concern. Starting this month, the Army has started making some wounded soldiers pay for the food they eat at the hospital.
The whole article is at http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/27/walter_reed/index_np.html

Lovely. Tell me again how Dubya is the most freedom-lovingest president evah?

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[maggiesox.livejournal.com]

Oy. Just...oy. Sorry 'bout your arm. Want some pizza? that'll be five bucks.