Speeches Won't Replace Dignity of Our Disabled Veterans

How many Florida Veterans will end up meaning less to POTUS?
Combat PTSD Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
June 12, 2017

When you look at the number of veterans that are under attack right now, it should put everyone on alert. After all, we're talking about veterans, disabled because they served this country. That should mean something but apparently, the words "grateful" "honor" and "commitment" mean absolutely nothing the the man who kept telling veterans he would take care of them. Florida Vote Results has the numbers from each county. 

Great thing about statistics is that there are always a lot of them we can look at, like the counties right here in Florida that are headed to the hardest hit on our veterans.


Compensation and Pension by County
These reports provide county-level estimates of the number of Veterans who received VA Disability Compensation or Pension benefits during the reported Fiscal Year.  It includes the Veterans’ total disability rating, age group, and gender.

State	County	Total: Compensation	0% to 20%	30% to 40%	50% to 60%	70% to 90%	100%
		ONLY
Florida	Alachua	3,554	1,215	758	571	672	338
Florida	Baker	417	161	85	63	82	27
Florida	Bay	6,941	2,342	1,447	1,131	1,434	587
Florida	Bradford	487	161	116	77	85	48
Florida	Brevard	17,230	5,298	3,023	2,600	4,127	2,181
Florida	Broward	14,731	4,684	2,690	2,280	3,530	1,547
Florida	Calhoun	331	105	59	51	70	48
Florida	Charlotte	3,569	1,166	586	489	827	500
Florida	Citrus	3,674	1,190	714	521	802	446
Florida	Clay	8,944	2,910	1,904	1,581	1,929	621
Florida	Collier	3,039	1,090	533	450	631	335
Florida	Columbia	1,717	535	344	272	351	215
Florida	Desoto	326	90	55	59	82	41
Florida	Dixie	311	88	55	52	76	39
Florida	Duval	21,482	7,503	4,624	3,680	4,193	1,481
Florida	Escambia	11,670	4,028	2,374	1,840	2,430	998
Florida	Flagler	2,226	647	405	352	546	277
Florida	Franklin	281	85	61	47	51	37
Florida	Gadsden	715	250	153	108	123	81
Florida	Gilchrist	523	167	106	77	110	64
Florida	Glades	238	95	25	28	58	33
Florida	Gulf	283	96	55	44	59	29
Florida	Hamilton	238	87	48	38	34	31
Florida	Hardee	190	69	31	23	43	24
Florida	Hendry	300	126	45	29	68	32
Florida	Hernando	5,082	1,710	848	693	1,174	658
Florida	Highlands	1,492	487	285	194	331	195
Florida	Hillsborough	26,621	7,942	5,159	4,236	6,322	2,961
Florida	Holmes	477	157	82	67	121	50
Florida	Indian River	2,639	846	456	392	599	345
Florida	Jackson	983	270	214	165	219	116
Florida	Jefferson	255	93	50	41	44	27
Florida	Lafayette	71	25	12	15	12	**
Florida	Lake	5,676	1,822	1,028	846	1,278	702
Florida	Lee	9,108	3,078	1,673	1,301	2,014	1,042
Florida	Leon	3,285	1,237	682	525	535	305
Florida	Levy	789	256	151	123	172	87
Florida	Liberty	89	40	15	12	15	**
Florida	Madison	271	88	49	56	54	24
Florida	Manatee	5,358	1,804	904	781	1,167	703
Florida	Marion	6,950	2,270	1,385	973	1,408	913
Florida	Martin	2,468	853	419	339	542	315
Florida	Miami-Dade	12,839	3,708	2,125	2,007	3,396	1,603
Florida	Monroe	1,658	540	292	262	396	168
Florida	Nassau	1,758	575	388	285	357	153
Florida	Okaloosa	12,972	4,444	2,876	2,099	2,637	916
Florida	Okeechobee	232	63	41	39	63	27
Florida	Orange	16,911	5,220	3,152	2,701	3,946	1,891
Florida	Osceola	5,122	1,341	838	778	1,392	773
Florida	Palm Beach	12,803	4,421	2,213	1,849	2,862	1,458
Florida	Pasco	10,725	3,256	1,919	1,618	2,537	1,395
Florida	Pinellas	17,682	5,631	2,961	2,518	4,136	2,436
Florida	Polk	9,996	3,210	1,810	1,497	2,260	1,218
Florida	Putnam	1,814	580	377	293	397	167
Florida	Saint Johns	3,807	1,296	761	626	786	339
Florida	Saint Lucie	5,071	1,594	818	713	1,259	687
Florida	Santa Rosa	8,882	2,794	1,855	1,517	1,965	752
Florida	Sarasota	6,043	2,261	993	751	1,292	745
Florida	Seminole	6,986	2,355	1,314	1,121	1,464	733
Florida	Sumter	3,693	1,306	744	536	683	424
Florida	Suwannee	899	277	176	148	178	120
Florida	Taylor	347	120	66	54	72	36
Florida	Union	267	99	52	46	49	22
Florida	Volusia	10,929	3,341	1,912	1,614	2,574	1,488
Florida	Wakulla	559	185	127	83	117	46
Florida	Walton	2,064	707	402	306	456	193
Florida	Washington	798	238	181	124	175	80
Florida	Unknown	1,211	319	232	215	317	128

Is this what he meant by he'll take care of our veterans?

Donald J. Trump

"They will be a part of America first. It will be America first from now on. America first."

(Unless they got too old to work and then they'll have to just get a reduction in the compensation they were promised would be permanent and total?)

Oh, but here is more from this same speech.

Donald J. Trump

The evidence shows that of veterans in the system receiving care, they are much less likely to take their own lives than veterans outside of this horrible, horrible and very unfair system.

Donald J. Trump

(APPLAUSE) Never again will we allow a veteran to suffer or die waiting for care they so richly deserve -- these are our great people. We need to clean out the corruption in government.