A Cost of war

http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/27/news/economy/veterans-disability/index.htm?iid=SF_E_River

This year the US department of Veterans Affairs spent 46 billion dollars on disability benefits for wounded veterans. Next year, they expect to spend 57 billion. That's 25% from the 46 billion from this year, and nearly quadruple the 15 billion spent in 2000, before the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began. This is the cost of war, whether we like it or not, but how bad is it hurting our economy?

I think it is right to spend money on our veterans, even if it does have an effect on the economy. Without our military we would have no protection and then we become vulnerable to an attack. Although I think we should only have our military where it is ONLY needed, not in some random countries. We spend so much toward our military, and I think the veterans who risk their lives protecting the ones they love and those who fight for their country should get the benefits they deserve. People who sit on there couch and rant about payments to the military and what not can quit raging because obviously they don't care whether or not we get bombed. People are just too selfish and it's ALL about money.