Gold Star Service afterwards who cares?

1. Patrick & Mom Nadia McCafffrey Gold Star Serviceafterwards who cares? PLEF Research

2. Too many • Gold Star Moms. • Dying soldiers. • Troubled soldiers returning. PLEF Research

3. Too many • Vets suffering debilitating physical and mental disabilities. Too Few • Solutions and alternatives. PLEF Research

4. Patrick McCaffrey “He loved children…” PLEF Research

5. “Mom, Dad… I have to serve. I have to do something.” Patrick PLEF Research

6. I have two children and a wife, so I want to serve but not leave the country… PLEF Research

7. The National Guardsman went to serve PLEF Research

8. He returned home PLEF Research

9. “He was a natural leader with his care for his fellow soldiers and the way others would look up to him for advice … He provided care for the other soldiers constantly.” PLEF Research

10. “When a Combat Life Saver was called he was always one of the first, if not the first to respond… . SGT McCaffrey was a hard charger and very proactive… . He was more than just a friend to many of the soldiers, he was a brother.”     Chris Murphy, brother & fellow soldier     PLEF Research

11. Some of his friends returned with other hidden wounds • Friend Steven Edwards PLEF Research

12. Iraq Vets need more than words Iraq war vets fight an enemy at home,Experts say up to 30% may need psychiatric care SF Chronicle Monday, January 17, 2005 PLEF Research SF Chronicle 1-17-05

13. Mission of Patrick McCaffrey’s Foundation … is to promote mental and holistic wellness and palliative care among veterans returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, especially those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), by providing a live-in retreat village, wherein with the help of trained professional staff and volunteers, veterans will find inner healing and an eventual re-entry into society. PLEF Research

14. Build support for and pass the PLI’s citizen-initiated congressional proposals that would create Gold Star Moms Retreat Centers for War Ravaged Soldiers. Short term solution: Vet Centers that clear the memories PLEF Research

15. Establish a series of regional readjustment centers • Dealing with some memories. • Easing post traumatic stress syndrome. • Reducing lingering physical and mental issues. • Preparing soldiers for a more productive future PLEF Research

16. We too often enter the world unaware of its present needs, dangers, cultures. Myopic entries into the world do not build domestic and world-wide stability.. How did this war and its aftereffects happen? PLEF Research

17. General Zinni’s Foxhole View of World “Our current war in Iraq may be turning into a repetition of Vietnam. The military out there goes from operation to operation; our leaders in Washington assure us we are powering ahead success to success; yet our young nineteen or twenty-year-old soldiers are now asking hard questions: “I can win any battle. But am I winning the war?”Battle for Peace

18. Downward Spiral or Build Stability • “When institutions that provide for stability (government, economic, social, religious) can’t bear up under those pressures – when the institutions are destroyed, collapse or break down – then the standards, rules, systems those institutions enforced and promoted disappear. Order collapses, disorder and stability increase; and if nothing is done to halt the downward spiral , anarchy and chaos will result.”General Zinni

19. Alternatives Considered Continue entering the global village with little vision and without a plan to build world stability. PLEF Research

20. A long term solution: Enter smartly • Smartly enter the world with can-do Americans who know how and want to build stability. PLEF Research

21. Destroy and Suffer or Build, House, Educate PLEF Research

22. Solution: Implement visionary law • For today’s need, develop and pass Patrick McCaffrey’s) Veterans Centers for Health & Welfare Congressional Proposals. • Address Vets mental & psychological needs. • Help make our Vets have productive tomorrows. • To save tomorrow, pass the American World Service Corps Congressional Proposals. • Attack poverty and ignorance. • Reduce terrorist recruitment. • Make life safer for young, old, and soldiers.

23. Educate, Campaign for the citizen-initiated legislation that • Builds Veterans Recovery Centers • Sends the American World Service Corps PLEF Research

24. Educate, Campaign for the citizen-initiated legislation that • Builds Veterans Recovery Centers PLEF Research

25. Patrick McCaffrey’s Centers Building much of their own center will be part of the veterans therapy. PLEF Research

26. Patrick McCaffrey’s Wellness Center All the care that will be given to the Veterans will be palliative care, therapy care, monitoring, and care. That’s what we have to have and that’s what we will offer to build self confidence, self power, understanding and renewed growth. . PLEF Research

27. To deal with the mess we have laid upon today’s soldiers • For the short term…. • Pass the citizen-initiated legislation that will establish Veterans Restorative Retreat Centers PLI

28. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATEA PROPOSED BILL SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Veteran Centers for Health and Welfare Act of 2006.‘ SEC. 2 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. This Act is to give our veterans, particularly those exposed to combat or the combat environment or experience, quality assistance in dealing with the mental, psychological, and hidden traumas that too often come with putting our solders into or near harms way PLEF Research

29. To honor those families like Patrick’s.. And those brothers who returned with troubles… PLEF Research

30. To avoid future dumb policies and resultant wars • Pass the ready American World Service Corp Congressional Proposals. www.WorldServiceCorps.us • So for the long-term America will have enough citizens experienced with the world and our nation’s needs to avoid unnecessary future wars. PLEF Research

31. Educate, Campaign for the citizen-initiated legislation that • Sends the American World Service Corps PLEF Research

32. To avoid unnecessarily placing soldiers in messes tomorrow Lift the world…Have a million Americans a year voluntarily serve nation and world via passing PLI’s citizen- initiated American World Service Corps congressional proposals.

33. Caring, teaching, building, recycling... makes friends, erases war.. PLEF Research

34. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATEA PROPOSED BILL SECTION 1. SHORT TITLEThis Act may be cited as the “World Service Corps Act:Two Year Volunteering SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this Act to enhance prospects for world peace. The Act does so by promoting understanding, addressing human, resource, and developmental needs, and responding to disasters by building a World Service Corps that annually deploys a million peaceful, productive American at home and abroad. Americans consistently prove themselves in serving their country, addressing world needs, and helping neighbors near and far grow and prosper. PLEF Research

35. AWSC Financial inducements Financial inducements. – Two years of service will be required of volunteers in order for those volunteers to qualify for the federal government financing two years of community college or equivalent vocational training; Those who have moved beyond the need for tuition payments may invest their post-service grants into: IRA and or Medical Health Savings accounts and Transfer their educational, Medical, or IRA Account grants to friends and relatives of their choice. Federally registered non-profit foundations that will use the donated grants to provide scholarships to address low and moderate-income students’ educational needs. PLEF Research

36. COST. -- The cost of operation of the United States WSC will be funded through: • Traditional budgetary appropriations. • Donations by the richest 1% of taxpayers. -- Over the last 30+ years, the wealth of America’s richest taxpayers has increased disproportionately as compared to the stagnated and declining wealth increase among America’s low and middle classes .. Consequently, a WSC public web site will use the The Forbes list of richest Americans who have benefited most from the human and physical infrastructure will be listed at the WSC web site. Those who live in luxury bestowed in large part by the skill and education of all Americans will be asked at the web site, “What have you contributed lately to help make the world safer for today’s children? PLEF Research

37. COST. -- The cost of operation of the United States WSC will be funded through: • Donations by certain low tax paying corporations. -- A large number of Fortune 500 corporations annually pay little or no taxes, according to such organizations as Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). These Fortune 500 corporations would be asked to donate funds to the WSC to make the world safer for all of us… The (AWSC web) site will remind them, including their stockholders that by doing good, companies can do well. These donations would be listed alongside their researched effective corporate tax rates and tax payments. PLEF Research

38. How to win and change the life losing culture • Gain signatures and resolutions of support for each congressional proposal. • Publicize, educate, spread the word. • Get candidates, especially congressional candidates, to support and campaign on these issues. • Set November 06 and February 07 goals of electing 50+ cosponsors. PLI

39. Time Table: November 06 and February 07 • Build support among congressional candidates. • Encourage them to support Vets Readjustment Centers and American World Service Corps congressional proposals. • Elect supporters. Have 50+ cosponsors supporting each proposal. • Pass them early in the next Congress and start building stability at home and abroad. PLI

40. If you want to change the change the country, write its laws… Ed Koupal, PLI Founder • Our public policy becomes smarter. • Poverty, climate change, needs are addressed. • Our soldiers are less often placed in harms way. PLEF Research

41. For today and tomorrow… PLEF Research

42. Spread the word… • Purchase for a nominal donation and use in group, teaching, organizing sessions… • Contact Patrick McCaffrey’s Foundation 209-814-7182 or • Peoples Lobby or Peoples Lobby’s Education Foundation 415-383-7880 PLEF Research