It is Shameful how our veterans are treated.

This past Thursday, June 24th my campaign team and I traveled to Alachua County to speak to residents. In a downtown park I spoke with several homeless veterans. I’d like to share with you the story of one of these veterans. His name is Glenn and he is a retired Naval pilot who flew F-4 Phantom jets over Vietnam for 7 years and today he has nowhere to go and his home for the next few days is the Salvation Army. There were a total of six men on those park benches and at least three of them were homeless veterans. What a shameful way for our government to treat our veterans who risked their lives for their country. But we can spend billions upon billions each year providing services to illegal aliens. Why. Because of the lack of political will of the U.S. Congress. Two of my top priorities when I get to the Senate will be to support immigration legislation which will 1. immediately begin to secure our borders 2. provide all the resources needed to prevent anyone else from illegally entering America 3. Deport all illegals 4. Send the “Anchor Babies” home with their parents 5. Repeal the law which allows for “Anchor Babies.” Once those issues are resolved then I would be willing to participate in updating America’s immigration strategy and coming up with solutions for guest workers.

My second priority will be to sponsor a Veteran’s Rights bill. This bill would eliminate property taxes for veterans who had served minimum time in the Armed Forces. This bill would also provide for decent apartments for our veterans until they could get on their feet. There would be certain minimum requirements such a substance abuse testing and taking advantage of academic and/or vocational remediation programs. This bill would guarantee that no American veteran would ever be forced to sleep on a park-bench or under a bridge with a cardboard box as a blanket.

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6 Responses to “It is Shameful how our veterans are treated.”

  1. C.S Allen says:

    We do need reform for many of the things that go on in this country.

  2. Terrence says:

    Mr. DeCastro,
    It is a sad picture you’ve painted concerning veterans. Many Americans are suffering the same conditions. Are those that were used by the US to murder people in other nations more deserving of compassion than other Americans that are suffering as a result of the same US style corruption[s]?
    If America is a nation of immigrants, why do you want to ban immigration? Have you created a definition for “American” that all American’s must live up to in order to sustain their lives in America?

    I do not think that people coming to America seeking freedom is the problem. The problem is that the US congress pillages the American people through regulation and taxes and then gives that which has been pillaged to a particular beneficial group. How do you, Mr. DeCastro, propose that I prove to the local Sheriff (as he points a gun at my head) that I have been given US GOVERNMENT permission/license to sustain the lives of myself and my family? When did it become that the people must prove their right to exist to the government? I thought the people had the right to throw off oppressive government? Immigrants aren’t robbing the American people, the US CONGRESS is.

    As far as property taxes… Where does Washington DC get it’s authority over property taxes? Is this a new scheme you’ve come up with to further rob, rape, and pillage the American people? Florida was acquired through treaty, and Land Patents govern government authority concerning land. Why not simply confine government to it’s contracts and remove all property taxes?

    Why allow corporations to exercise Constitution[al] rights inherent to the people?

    Finally, how can you honestly make the following statement “This bill would guarantee that no American veteran would ever be forced to sleep on a park-bench or under a bridge with a cardboard box as a blanket.”? Are you planning on outlawing cardboard boxes? Or, are you planning on outlawing a veterans ability to sleep?

    Mr. DeCastro the American people need less government guns pointed at our heads. Less masters telling us how we may sustain our lives. Less US military beating us to death in the same manner the US has used the military to beat the rest of the world to death.

    Will you Mr. DeCastro support a full audit of the ninety-seven (97) year reign of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK[s]?

    I’m tired of the corruption and lies,
    Terrence Adams

  3. fellow hartfordian says:

    provide more service for veterans and without a way to pay for them? How so? Sounds like lip service.

  4. fellow hartfordian says:

    “My second priority will be to sponsor a Veteran’s Rights bill. This bill would eliminate property taxes for veterans who had served minimum time in the Armed Forces. This bill would also provide for decent apartments for our veterans until they could get on their feet”
    How are you going to do this? How is this going to be funded?
    Erasing this entry does not answer these questions.

  5. Its amazing the things you are ,saying. Im also against the Fderal Reserve a private bank.
    there is more you may not know of . In Georgia there is a monument called the Gorgia guide stones, it is availiable on the
    internet with pictures. See for your self, its planned popoulation control and in fact speak of eliminating mass number of popultion.
    this is a public monument and is a known site for wicca ceromonies, they may not be sanctioned by the builder, who is unknown and who’s
    identification is yet to be revieled, but they do and have taken place there. See for yourself you only need to punch it in on your computer.

  6. bernie says:

    Yes, I’m familiar with the Georgia Guidestones. If people would just wake up before it’s too late.