Subj : Re: Leaving US?  Where to
To   : DIGIMAUS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Apr 30 2024 08:57:00

> That's government in a nutshell.  That's the same thought process with the
> VA but you're putting peoples' lives at risk.  That fact doesn't seem to
> matter to them in my experience.

Pretty sure I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeating.

Back in 2017, I completed my first Great Lakes Circle Tours by driving
around the North Shore of Lake Superior.  While staying in the Soo, I met
another traveler who was staying in the room next to mine.

Turns out he is a Canadian citizen who, in his younger days, had volunteered
to join the US military.  He did so because he thought he'd see more of the
world and also so that his children would have more opportunities being
dual-citizens.

The reason he was in the Soo is because he was on his way into the states
to take advantage of his VA medical benefits.  I mentioned that here in the
states the VA sometimes gets a bad rap.  He said that his VA benefits were
*better* than his Canadian state-run benefits were so he took advantage of
the VA benefits whenever he could.  He much preferred dealing with the VA
over dealing with the Canadian system.

So there is that.  ;)

Mike


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