Well, you could afford to take of your veterans with a proper welfare system in place, you just choose not to.
Seriously, most of those who are now arguing that we should take care of the domestic poor instead of helping foreigners are those that couldn't give two shits about the domestic poor at any other time of the year.
Seriously, most of those who are now arguing that we should take care of the domestic poor instead of helping foreigners are those that couldn't give two shits about the domestic poor at any other time of the year.

It's a bad excuse not to take responsibility. People in Syria are losing their homes, being bombed and under the threat of ISIS, but "let's take care of our own population" because their lives is also in danger

