Well...in for a penny...in for a pound.

Where has anyone called veteran's benefits a handout? I don't see it. Unless...you consider receiving a public education a "handout" (and I realize some do.) That is the comparison.

Police and firefighters -- they also volunteer for a potentially dangerous public service job...and put their lives on the line every day in situations you and I cannot imagine.

The jobs with the highest on-the-job mortality in this country are timber cutters and fishers. Taxi driving is also a very dangerous profession.

But the point being made... was...if you are going to say that you will not take money from the government because that makes you "a slave" that should be any money...not just money you feel justified in taking.