Does anything really think that the roadblock to "taking care of our own" is funding care for children? It is easy to pretend that the reason why vets aren't getting the health care they need is due to programs like these, but the reality is that we have priorities that are far more important. For example, we believe hedge fund managers should have their compensation taxed at a far lower rate than middle class workers--this tax break puts $3 billion a year into the richest 25 hedge fund managers. We could put $60,000 a year per homeless vet if we decide hedge fund managers don't deserve this special tax break. We could buy 100 fewer F35 jets and push that $10 billion to helping those Laura is concerned about. The hedge fund managers love that the argument is "children of immigrants" versus "the sick elderly", and they've bought a majority in Congress to make our opinion not matter anyway.