• BakerBagel
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      10 months ago

      George Washington was the only sitting US president to lead combat troops in the field, which he did against a group of farmers which consisted of mostly pissed off revolutionary war veterans upset about paying taxes on whiskey.

      Fucking over veterans goes all the way back to the start of this great nation. It’s literally what the founding father’s intended.

    • NewLeaf@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      Been that way since at least the Bonus Army, which sounds cool on paper, but the more you look into them, they suck too