Alan Simpson suggested the government not pay for those medical problems of veterans that are not connected with their service. The Veterans of Foreign Wars organization responded that it "believes in fiscal responsibility, but veterans' programs are sacrosanct."
Columnist Dana Milbank, defending Alan Simpson's earthy remarks about our government's irrationality, responded in the Washington Post as follows:
Columnist Dana Milbank, defending Alan Simpson's earthy remarks about our government's irrationality, responded in the Washington Post as follows:
If vets are sacrosanct, Social Security is sacrosanct, low taxes are sacrosanct and everything else is sacrosanct, we'll have a whole herd of sacred cows and an economy like Greece's.
The VFW quote is also from the Milbank column.
