Veterans deserve answers, not excuses

On Oct. 31, a Billings veteran opened his inbox to find the unthinkable: his military retirement benefits were “on hold until the federal government is no longer shut down.” 

This is absolutely unacceptable. Where would our country be without our veterans? We ask them to sacrifice so much, and they do it without asking much in return, but now, when it is our government’s turn to thank them, to pay them back for their service, this is the response they get right before we as a country celebrated Veteran’s Day. We must and can do so much better.