Comment on Editorial by David Brooks, "What Government Does":

Comment on Editorial by David Brooks, "What Government Does":

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/opinion/29brooks.html

Mr. Brooks' commentary, for a change, was insightful, and surprisingly honest for a "conservative" observing "government in action" -- until the very last sub-sentence ... "-- and to see the limitations inherent in government planning".

Remember, what Brooks is observing is treatment and housing for VETERANS, our "heros", which our politicians love to reference in every speech (but then immediately neglect in funding their services). If in no other area, when it comes to helping VETERANS it is the "government" (i.e. all of us) and ONLY the government which has the responsibility to care for them. To imply, however obliquely, that perhaps "private enterprise" could do a better job of planning and implementing care for VETERANS is just stupid,stupid, stupid. It would put VETERANS into the same position as the rest of us dealing with for-profit health insurance -- DENY benefits to increase profit. If there is any group in our society that should not be subjected to that cruel indignity, it is our VETERANS.