I don’t understand “(So let’s surrender)” comment.
But the recent ideas being floated that military retirement and medical care can be whittled down as if we are just dealing with some over-compensated greedy public employees union is insanity.
A hitch in the military is not like filling a staff position in congress or teaching kindergarten.
People without the guts to cut back on bloated bureaucracies and to push back against corrupt labor unions are only too ready to talk about cutting back on the military.
The link below is not current, but the trend it reported then has not changed.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/07/news/economy/military_health_care/index.htm
I understand Mr Paul reaching for veterans support after trashing all the missions recent veterans have put their lives on the line to support.