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John Mayer Supports The Vets
May 19, 2012 Music Leave a comment
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Blair Stover
John Mayer at the Mile High Music Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It seems that the veterans of the United States Armed Forces have one more voice fighting for them and it comes in the form of an un-expected source… John Mayer.
The singer-songwriter took time out of his busy schedule to address his fans and some of the media on April 25th. While standing in front of the Liaison Capitol Hill hotel, Mayer eloquently stood on the bright red carpet and talked about the two main issues behind his drive for supporting veterans.
Mayer was being honored that night for his work with supporting veterans along with his work in promoting children’s programs in music education. While he had many things to say about keeping music education in D.C., he also had quite a few things to say about veterans, particularly when it came to programs that lawmakers were looking to pass. “I don’t think you’re gonna meet anybody who’s ever gonna vote ‘nay’ on something to do with returning combat veterans.”
Even though he was very optimistic about lawmakers’ work in bringing veterans what is due to them, he was very adamant in his stance about believing that nothing will ever get done about it. Mayer also reiterated that veterans who had completed their service needed to return home to civilian jobs and not unemployment but he also expressed fear that the economy would not allow that.
We can only hope that more celebrities pick up on what Mayer is preaching. Our nation needs to voice its support for our veterans whether we support the wars in the Middle East and our President, or not.
