America’s Misguided Responsibilities

Pampered Prisoners and Homeless Veterans

- Robert L. Rosebrock
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Well, well, well … the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that California’s state prison population has been overcrowding its facilities and the criminal thugs incarcerated there are being mistreated and need better housing with tender love and care. Otherwise, they need to be released back into society.

There was a time when America took seriously its responsibility to incarcerate those who inflicted harm upon our society. In addition, America also took responsibility to provide our Military Veterans with proper care and services. Today, it’s the complete opposite.

Now, we give special housing and preferential treatment for those who have harmed our fellow citizens, while those who have protected and defended our nation’s safety have been cruelly banished from their rightful National Veterans Home and denied safe shelter and proper health care.
In Harm’s Way

The recent 5-4 ruling of U.S. Supreme Court Justices has ordered that facilities within California’s State prison system are overcrowded and unfit for decent care; therefore, more than 33,000 criminals need to be transferred to better facilities or released back into the same society they harmed.

On the other hand, at the Los Angeles National Veterans Home, the largest VA facility in the nation, there are 11 “vacantâ€