Friends, I know I post a lot of insignificant crap/cat pictures on Facebook, but if you read one post ever, please let it be this: the veteran community needs your help. Today the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for Americas Veterans (SAV) Act, which supports much-needed (and much-belated) mental health care access improvements for vets, stymied by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who placed a Parliamentary hold on the act. His rationale? Its too expensive. My husband did the math: The $22 million bill breaks down to less than $2,739.79 per vet who commits suicide each year. Not to mention the thousands of others who are suffering for unnecessarily long to unnecessary degrees because they cant get access to the care they need--and the care they EARNED. Care for which Senator Coburn allegedly advocates. The following quotes are his: We must recognize our troops have eliminated two evil regimes that threatened international security We will be doing our troops agreat dishonor if our objective is to leave Iraq yet we leave them in harms way They & their families deserve our thanks & admiration for all they have sacrificed in service of our country That $2,739.79 per veteran suicide equates to roughly 1.57% of Senator Coburns annual salary. Must we argue who in that equation has given more to his country? Are you outraged by this hypocrisy? Do you support this nations veterans? Well now you have an opportunity to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CALL SENATOR COBURNS OFFICE NOW at 202-224-5754. Share this info. Call until we jam the OK phone lines. Call until every angry American voice joins into a chorus on repeat in the senators head. Hes retiring in January, surely to a nice cushy life. Dont let his last act be to stop this critically important piece of legislation. Dont let him go quietly. DONT LET THIS BILL DIE. According to the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, who championed the bill, The Senate is expected to end its current legislative session by Friday. If the bill does not receive a vote in the Senate before adjournment, it dies, and vets will be left to begin the entire process again -- if possible -- in the next Congress. Also from IAVA: Richard Selke [Clay Hunts step-father] spoke directly to Senator Coburn in a video: youtu.be/y42DfV4sJYg. The bill we are talking about is projected to cost about $22 million dollars. Thats a lot of money to me. Its a lot of money to you. But in the context of the value of a human life, it is insignificant. Selke noted that 22 veterans, on average, die by suicide every day. There are some things in this bill that might have saved Clays life, and that might have saved some other veterans lives if the resources found in the Clay Hunt SAV Act would have been available. For more information on the SAV Act: iava.org/savact/ CALL NOW and CALL NOW and CALL NOW. Also, please CALL NOW. Thank you for your time, and your voices.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:46:06 +0000
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