"Operation Intervention"

I recently came across an article in the Austin American-Statesman on Governor Rick Perry’s Operation Intervention. Up until this point I had no idea what this Operation Intervention was about but as I kept reading it all made sense. To explain to anyone, who like me had no idea any of this existed, Operation Intervention is basically Gov. Perry’s way of trying to get U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison out of the governor race. The way he plans to do this is by “persuading” Sen. Hutchison’s supporters into joining his effort. Well isn’t this a coincidence we are only a few days from the filing period to begin and now is when Gov. Perry is trying to convince others to join his effort. He has had enough time to try and convince them but has done nothing. This is just another last moment effort to try and confuse voters or make them uncertain if they are making the right choice or not. Although many might say that it doesn’t make a difference because Sen. Hutchison is already unsure of whether she would even run for governor this is beyond the case. The point that I want to make is if this was really in the best interest of Texas citizens then why wouldn’t this have been proposed sooner rather than less than a week before the filing period. However, as all of us know most of the political actions are taken right before deadlines to make our politicians make themselves look a lot better in the eyes of voter.

Proposition 8

Who is responsible for raising and maintaining an army? Who controls the army? Under the U.S. Constitution the federal government has the power and responsibility to do so, based on this the federal government should be 100 percent responsible for the care of U.S. Veterans.
One of the amendments the Texas legislature is hoping to pass on November 3rd, is Proposition 8, which will make Texas responsible for the construction of new veteran hospitals and the federal government would be responsible for the maintenance. There are only 9 veteran hospitals in Texas, which have been constructed and are being maintained by the federal government. The legislature sees the need to build more institutions since the veteran population in Texas is very high and the locations of the 9 hospitals are not very convenient, many find it too expensive to travel there.
I am not opposed to the idea of creating more veteran hospitals throughout the state however I am opposed to the state spending money on creating the new hospitals when it is the responsibility of the federal government to do so. The money that would be spent in building these hospitals could be spent in other areas in which the state is solely responsible for the funding. The money that the state would need to construct these institutions would also in crease not only our state taxes but our federal taxes as well since the federal government also need more money to maintain them. Personally I believe that we need to improve many of our veterans living conditions because it is an outrage that while you are driving around you can find many of our veterans living out in the streets. Our senators should be doing as much as they can in Washington to find a way to better accommodate the men and women who have served our country so that the state do not have to worry about this problem as much. The national government need to begin paying more attention to those who fought for our country and those who are still fighting and will soon return.