I have no problem with the Wounded Warrior Project as a charity. However, I have a problem with it being necessary.
It is implied when the troops are sent that the country will take care of the needs that they have when they are wounded 100 percent. I know that there have been problems when they get back and have physiological problems that cause personality change and addiction, they get other than honorable discharges.
When the reason they got discharged was a result of mental issues that were brought on by their service, this has been a way to sweep this problem under the rug for a long time. However most of the problems that Wounded Warrior Project seems to advertise as helping are ones that the government should pay for if they are either still in the service or the VA should take care of.
We pay taxes and if they were healthy they would be paying taxes. If it is a lack of funding then they should raise the money by raising taxes. I don't know how much of the money that they collect for the Wounded Warrior Project goes for administration and how much for advertising but I suspect that they have someone making a six or seven figure income of a charity, and it is travesty if this is the case. I have not checked out the charity however the TV ads must cost a fair amount of the funds raised.
Jesse Nix
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