As a retired Army National Guard colonel, Wilson gets a lot of benefits (one of which, apparently, was not a full appreciation of the customs, traditions, and courtesies that mandate respect for one's commander in chief). And with four sons in the armed services, the entire Wilson brood has enjoyed multiple generations of free military medical coverage, known as TRICAREBut he is sort of consistent, in a sick and twisted way, for as a lawmaker, Wilson has never let an opportunity slip by to try and slash benefits for active-duty military and for veterans:
Wilson voted 11 times against health care for veterans in eight years, even as he voted "aye" for the Iraq War (during the debate on the war vote, he even called one Democrat "viscerally anti-American"─several times). He voted to cut veterans' benefits─not his own─to make room for President George W. Bush's tax cuts. He repeatedly voted for budgets that slashed funding to the Veterans Administration and TRICARE. And perhaps most bizarrely, he refused─repeatedly─to approve Democratic-led initiatives that would have extended TRICARE coverage to all reservists and National Guard members, even though a disproportionate number of them have served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan─and many lost access to their civilian work benefits when they did so.So let's sum up, shall we? According to Wilson: A whomping humongus tax cut for the rich is a good thing, providing benefits for our servicemen/women and for veterans is a bad thing.
But also note that Wislon has been against reducing benefits to legislators. So he is just another Wingnut hypocrite.
You'd think a retired colonel would know not to disrespect the Commander in Chief.
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National Guard, or Army Reserve? Note that NoGo officers were traditionally appointed by governors, and there's many a southern "colonel" who is about as military as a bucket of fried chicken. Wouldn't suprise me if Wilson's one of those "honorary colonels" who got his commission via being close personal friends with the guvnah, not via normal military promotion practices... sorta like George W. Bush got his flyin' commission, y'know?!
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