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Veterans Nursing Home Construction
$4,300,000.00 - 310 jobs - Housing Program
80% voted critical - 20% voted not critical - 1444 votes cast
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Let's make nursing homes much more accessible to vets by utilizing the ones that we have and subsidize the costs! Why are we building new nursing homes and hospitals when we have sufficient care right within their home towns? Transferring these patients to veteran facilities is not within their best interests! They would prefer to be in a place which is much more convenient for their whole family. This would be much more cost efficient as well!
[edit] Points in Favor
Oftentimes, war veterans return to America after years of absence and find themselves unable to find their niche. Whether this is due to psychological disturbances, poor economic situations, or a lack of a marketable degree, veterans deserve our help. They have given their time/service to the American people - something that not everyone can give - and they deserve our help for that. Supporting a housing situation for them is the least we taxpayers can do to show our thanks. When we have better conditions for prisoners then we have for veterans it is a sad state of affair. Someone should talk to the Sheriff of Maricopa, AZ about how to treat prisoners. The ACLU needs to get on the Veterans bandwagon.
[edit] Points Against
This part of the package focuses on housing veterans who are in need of a nursing home. While this is a valid aspect to work towards, it does not actually do anything to directly help with the economy. This part of the package also focuses on housing ONLY, rather than health care, income, or other aspects that are hurting our soldiers returning from tour(s).
This part of the package is not necessary to help with the immediate threat of an imploding economy, and therefore only stretches the available assets away from what is actually important to re-stabilize the U.S. economy.