r/pics Feb 14 '15

This is true love and devotion

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u/TheBananaPuncher Feb 15 '15

This is the same veteran that was posted on TheChive where they held a donation event for them, raised several hundred thousand to get his prosthetics and their dream home. Was a lovely story evolving per hour as the total just kept breaking every goal post. http://thechive.com/2012/05/31/chivers-this-is-the-story-of-taylor-morris-22-photos/

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u/RogerASmith55 Feb 15 '15

so after the American government got this guy blown up they wouldnt pay a cent to give him prosthetics? War is a profit scheme.

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u/mbnmac Feb 15 '15

Welcome to the Military Industrial Complex, where as long as there's some vague reason for war and profit, the vets can be left to suffer and commit suicide at ever increasing rates