[SMGFan]

We ended the phone tax for Spanish American War after 108 years.

[GeronL]

I don’t think they are children any more

[BlessedBeGod]

“We have to understand what the cost of war is. We are still in this country paying for two children of Civil War veterans..."

Oh my God, the world's going to end, we're all going to die!!!!!

[oh8eleven]

We ended the phone tax for Spanish American War after 108 years.
I believe the gasoline tax to pay for the WWI vets' bonuses, was still on the books until the late 1990s.

[fella]

These are the children of soldiers who put their lives on the line to free the slaves that the Democrats wanted to keep enslaved. No wonder they are pissed off.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Yeah, but a Civil War pension sure isn’t going to break the bank. What are they getting, around $27/month? I vote that they leave them alone and leave their pensions intact.

[svcw]

How does the math work here?
My greatgreatgrandad was in the CW, in 1863 he was twelve, which means he was born in 1851.
Even if he fathered a child at 100, that would be 1951.
His child would no longer be a child in 1969, at age 18.
Is there some special stipulation that CW vet’s children receive benefits forever?

[blueunicorn6]

Daddy had them when he was in his 80s, and the kids are over 100. What was the point she was trying to make? She’s running for office as a Democrat. Is she trying to help Veterans, or the Democrat party?

[x]

standwatie and lentulus?

[GreenHornet]

I think it’s time these two kids went out and got themselves a job.

[ADSUM]

A friend of mine died in 2009 and his father served in the civil war and was a prisoner of war. A very interesting story.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/53518132.html

“He remembered seeing his father put on his undershirt and seeing the minie ball scars and putting his little hands over the holes,” said daughter Monie Upham. William H. Upham Sr. survived days wounded on the battlefield before being taken to a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. He was later released in a prisoner exchange and brought to the White House by a Wisconsin senator.

“His father met the president, and Lincoln asked to see his scars,” she said. “Lincoln asked about conditions at the prison and how he was treated. He appointed my grandfather to West Point.”

(note: should be father and not grandfather)

[SERKIT]

Cryogenic sperm banks in 1863?

[ADSUM]

A friend of mine died in 2009 and his father served in the civil war and was a prisoner of war. A very interesting story.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/53518132.html

“He remembered seeing his father put on his undershirt and seeing the minie ball scars and putting his little hands over the holes,” said daughter Monie Upham. William H. Upham Sr. survived days wounded on the battlefield before being taken to a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. He was later released in a prisoner exchange and brought to the White House by a Wisconsin senator.

“His father met the president, and Lincoln asked to see his scars,” she said. “Lincoln asked about conditions at the prison and how he was treated. He appointed my grandfather to West Point.”

(note: should be father and not grandfather)

[steveyp]

She may be right. If war isn’t worth it Barry would be picking cotton now and not just carrying Bill’s and Ted’s bags.