Comments on: Philippines: The Other “Bill” That Hillary Backed http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/05/05/the-other-bill-that-hillary-backed/ Americans vote. The world speaks. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AnonPinoy http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/05/05/the-other-bill-that-hillary-backed/comment-page-1/#comment-130 AnonPinoy Wed, 07 May 2008 13:57:36 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/05/05/the-other-bill-that-hillary-backed/#comment-130 this is injustice and needs to be overturned... this is injustice and needs to be overturned…

]]> By: Katherine http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/05/05/the-other-bill-that-hillary-backed/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Katherine Mon, 05 May 2008 15:39:27 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/05/05/the-other-bill-that-hillary-backed/#comment-126 My grandfather fought in World War II in the Philippines and spoke of the American promise. 300 dollars doesn't sound a lot to the First World but to people of countries in the Third World, the money makes a lot of a difference. The passing of this bill is too late because it has been 62 years and many of the war vets, my grandfather included, have already died. It isn't clear either if their surviving families (many of their wives too have died, not to mention the children that did not survive the war) would receive the $300 but my guess is that they would not. The questiosn raised by this story echoes what is in many war veterans' families' hearts. Why now? What now? Don't make us wait another 60 years. My grandfather fought in World War II in the Philippines and spoke of the American promise. 300 dollars doesn’t sound a lot to the First World but to people of countries in the Third World, the money makes a lot of a difference. The passing of this bill is too late because it has been 62 years and many of the war vets, my grandfather included, have already died. It isn’t clear either if their surviving families (many of their wives too have died, not to mention the children that did not survive the war) would receive the $300 but my guess is that they would not.

The questiosn raised by this story echoes what is in many war veterans’ families’ hearts. Why now? What now? Don’t make us wait another 60 years.

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