Just How Little Is a Veteran’s Life Worth to a Senator?

Can you put a price on the life of a soldier? That’s what Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn has essentially done. Coburn singlehandedly blocked a popular bill designed to fund a veteran suicide prevention program from being presented on the Senate floor out of concerns that it cost too much.

The $22 million program is by no means cheap, but it addresses a serious problem. The number 22 actually has a lot of significance to this particular issue. A Veterans Affair study found that, in 2010, 22 veterans commit suicide every day. Incidentally, these veterans accounted for 22% of all suicides in the United States. Given the prevalence of the problem, is $22 million really too lofty?

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