Honor the Contract.
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- 📢VOLUME UP! Especially for the folks who think veterans’ benefits are absurdly generous. The truth of the matter is the #VFW will fight tooth and nail to ensure America’s leaders #HonorTheContract. #FORVETERANS
My son, myself, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather have all served this country proudly. None of got rich off this or the benefits we received. How about trimming the salaries of Congress? That’s the definition of “absurd” benefits!
Who said they were getting rich? I know a guy who is getting $500 a month because he occasionally get hemorrhoids. Only served 7 years, chose to get out 30 years ago and suddenly was able to claim this as a disability. There is a huge amount of this bullshit wasting of money.
Unfortunately the new administration will cut your benefits letting Musk lead the charge, and a lot of veterans vote GOP. So if you get cuts just remember it was your brother's and sisters in the armed forces who did it.
What part of the border or coastline did you defend?
@@Statutory_Apehe probably did more for us with his service than alot did.
Why are you purity testing veterans?
@ They keep claiming this yet, I am less free than my forbearers. What exactly have they fought for?
As an American taxpayer, I insist we honor the contract that we made with veterans!
Then stop voting republican. It isn't the democrats trying to defund the VA.
America has never honored a single contract that it has entered into.
Well said... Honor the contract! VFW for life!
When my daughter was getting ready to graduate from high school, she and I were talking about what she was going to do next. When I suggested the military, she said that she didn't want to serve. She said that she saw the way I was treated as a veteran and she didn't want any part of it. Veterans have been getting a raw deal for a long time. We have to fight hard for the few benefits we get.
Such a lazy excuse. Bow she go to college and find herself
@ArmyVet79 She didn't go to college either. She also sees the kind of crap that is coming out of college these days.
@jimfinigan1681 you got a point.
What a terrible father to suggest their daughter joining the military. All for a little pride in seeing her wear a stupid uniform you'd condemn her to experience vicious and brutal sexual violence at the hands of her peers.
@@rico5393 tell me you don't know what youre talking about without telling me you don't know what youre about
Anyone who literally gives life and limb to protect our country deserves all the benefits our government has to offer.
Well said, sir. Lifetime VFW member and recent service connected disabled veteran.
They made us into a weapon and then told us to find peace...
My peace is solitude. PTSD keeps me from peopling to much.
I depend on my benefits to survive.
Same
Amen to that
Im with you. I dont people well either anymore.
This can be total bullshit. The people I have met who are getting PTSD benefits NEVER were in combat, but all the fakers sure talk like they have.
Same, I remember reading that quote for the first time and it’s the best way to put it. They made us into a weapon and then told us to find peace.
The whole time they destroy you piece by piece then claim it’s not that bad and the moment they think they can get away with taking away benefits, it just shows how much they really just wanted a free body.
I am a proud VFW member. I served my country in its time of greatest need for 18 years so that our people and way of life shall not perish from the Earth. I continue to serve my community in local government. Veterans are the backbone of American freedom. Veterans have earned their benefits through blood, sweat, and tears. We must take care of those that put country and the Constitution first.
I am an 80% disabled veteran. I get $2042 a month that is less than MacDonald Employee makes! And I can't work to supplement that! My hands don't work my legs don't work! I followed orders as required I wish the people who say we are overpaid had to live as I do for a year!
wait then how did you type this
@@kayt9627Speech to text?
Probably painfully @@kayt9627
@@kayt9627voice-to-text and other options for disabled typing exist dude.
@@kayt9627in fact I think its voice to text because there is very little formatting or paragragh spacing.
Those smooth brained genius writers of those articles forgot the part that the main reason why an all volunteer force works is because of benefits. Cut back the military benefits and disability compensation for veterans and watch how the already staggeringly low volunteer force shrinks to 0 volunteers.
They’re going for the draft. I won’t be surprised we see callups and threats of draft callups. Of course all families above $450K need not respond.
@@jaywatson8720then we go to their homes first! The second a draft is implemented, they go first. Also mandatory combat roles with units likely to fight first! They’ll change their mind in a heartbeat.
Not that it excuses the BS writing, but that was written in a British news paper not an American one.
LOL !!!!
Thank you VFW fellow veterans for standing up for America's veterans. This video is absolutely necessary. Keep up the good work and everyone Support the VFW and make it absolutely clear, no cuts to Veterans benefits! He's absolutely right, we signed a contract and upheld our end.
Thank you for standing up for us vets
The FO phase of FAFO is here. My sympathies to the Veterans who didn’t Vote for this. Those who did vote for this…they literally told you they were going to do this.
Voting matters. Some veterans have been warning about this but very few researched the available info before casting their vote. So as Veterans we know how this is more than likely going to go against us. Our numbers are not significant in a country of 350M citizens. Ask the Vietnam Veterans about their treatment prior to Desert Storm. Brave Rifles and GarryOwen!
but they keep voting for the people defunding the VA.
Thank you! For all you do
#HonorTheContract #VFW
I had to fight in court FOR 10 YEARS to get my benefits. Those benefits are LESS than what some states are giving to people here ILLEGALLY. This government has betrayed ALL OF US. I joined the Army in 2001 at THE AGE OF 16 and wrote a blank check to the people of this nation. I spent 2 years homeless while fighting for my benefits...😢
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Don't listen to the other guy, I believe wholeheartedly that veterans deserve their benefits. Why fight for a country that doesn't fight for you.
Agreed. Our nation and the “tolerant” left value everyone and everything EXCEPT our own people and Veterans. They HATE this country and have tried so hard to destroy it.
I too joined during GWOT and spent 2 years homeless fighting for my VA benefits (after 1 year homeless refusing to suck the government tit...until someone talked some sense into me).
you joined at 16??😂 sure Jan.
These people that are claiming that disabled veterans receive absurd, benefits, probably never put on the uniform but they sure as hell want you to do it so their cowardly asses don't have to.
Exactly! Tell me how this combat veteran is homeless. Lost previous va home loan due to foreclosure. Ex wife put her name on the mortgage, abusing the POA. left me two years later and I couldn’t sell/short of sale…anything! Without her signature. She wasn’t communicating so i was not able to obtain her signature. Paid for a lawyer, lost thousands as I was misrepresented. Paid thousands more for contempt of court for unpaid marital debt and with lawyer fees it was up to $12k she owed me. Lawyer is just a business and didn’t do their part. I’m 100% on fixed income and absolutely cannot afford a home at least according to the va i fall under 2nd tier va home loan. So that’s at least $144,000. No way I can afford 1200 a month on mortgage on fixed income. WTFFFF!!!!!!! Absurd amount my ass!
Give us the opportunity to vote for a raise at the amount we chose! The fuck outta here!
@@phill7507Do some research instead of crying and look at the VASH program.
@@scalawag6878 amen brother. I got out of the Navy in 1968
As a reminder it's these maga / trump supporters that want this.. GENTLE REMINDER WHAT THESE dummies voted for
The VA’s budget has grown exponentially over the last 29 years. So much fraud.
As a100% disabled Vietnam Vet they should try living my life.
You are a hero who served the country he loved! I served u.s.navy 73-77 vietnam
If scummy politicians, bureaucrats and activists want lower VA benefits they need to have less wars. I’m privileged to have served 27 years and multiple deployments without a scratch. But o know of men and women very much broken by just a few paltry years of service.
I agree 💯 I am a disabled American veteran . Let them put the uniform on and fight for once then they will see
Exactlt right. We did what was asked of us to serve and defend our country. Take care of us who served and was willing to lay down our life.
Anyone tell them how insane the process is to even get these benefits and how the government tries everything to not pay up?
F yeah
Weird how I know plenty of people that never stepped foot in a combat zone game the government for benefits they don't deserve. If anything it should be more difficult for non deployed soldiers to gain disability and easier for those who were actually in combat. It's disgusting how people abuse the system to get paid for life when others actually need it and don't receive it.
@@password6025if someone got a disability while serving or even citizen from work because of reason then why should it be harder ??? Dumb logic
Should be easy in general … Congress is alright along with Biden and trump . Big billionaires like musk is okay but y’all never go after them
Sure it is. Tell me you don't know about the "va promotion" scam that is played
The VA sucks to deal with. The contractors they hire don't give a shit about the veterans.
Perfectly stated.
I have never seen a more succinct and objective video discussing the matter of veterans benefits.
The military is having trouble recruiting. These kids today see how the veterans are treated. They aren't going to sign up to be treated like crap.
Recruitment numbers are looking better after more recruiters are getting into communities. After years of shortfalls, nearly all of the U.S. military's active-duty components met their recruiting goals this year-and plan to increase those goals in 2025.
@@DzNutzzz They have lowered the standards. It looks like they are getting more recruits, but in reality they are simply taking those who wouldn't have qualified a few years ago. They're being more generous with the waivers. They're getting QUANTITY at the cost of QUALITY.
@@DzNutzzzNumbers aren't looking better, they're lowering their standards, and the only reason they're doing this is because the numbers are bad.
Pretty sure it's the woke garbage
Yeah they will and then they’ll fake injuries, claim disability and get a monthly check. Then they’ll go work a job.
All while voting themselves (Congress) a truly absurd pay raise whenever they see fit! Spare me the hypocrisy! Serving with dishonor is no service at all, only another burden on the public who foots the bill!
Thank you and we will fight
I got out of the Marines almost 30 years ago after having served in hotspots around the globe. When I was honorably discharged my grandfather a WWII Seabee bought me a lifetime membership to the VFW. He had the foresight to understand that as veterans we needed advocates in Washington to stand up for our rights. I'm astounded that my VFW membership is still making a difference almost 30 years later!
Veterans across the country should begin a massive campaign to educate and work to help young people avoid signing up to a military and government that doesn't support them.
As a veteran myself, we need to overhaul how we approach veteran care. The current method of just throwing money at the problem isn't working as evidenced by the insanely high suicide rate among veterans. We need to start teaching veterans how to still have productive lives in spite of any injuries they might have. Rewarding them for building a new life rather than keeping them terrified of loosing their medical coverage if they happen to find a way to make money once being stamped with the "disabled" label. In the long run, such a system would save a ton of money while simultaneously improving the quality of life of our veterans.
How does this only have 1k views after 3 days? RUclips is deplatforming the VFW.
It's spreading now.. keep fighting
Yes the billionaires deplatform anything that is the truth real serious responsible decent hardworking sensible sacrificing good people this country depends on. The billionaires massively privilege the liars thieves silver spoon draft dodgers charlatans grifters snake oil salesmen extremists etc. The billionaires do this to get richer on their rotten attention economy at the expense the country.
The same reason why these think tanks proposed cutting VA benefits to begin with: despite all the talk and virtue signaling, the only people that actually care about veterans’ issues are veterans.
It's because most people understand that veterans kinda did it to themselves. After the Vietnam war anyone who signed up for the military knowing how politicans view veterans, should've known better. I was reccomended this video and I barely wanted to click because I know how pointless this all is.
I loaned my body to the Army for 20 years. I’m honorable discharged, as such, I’m fully vested in the contract that both the government and I agreed to irrevocably bind. I can promise you, if this administration takes or reduces what was rightfully agreed upon, in effect earned, their is no possible way we’ll maintain a ready volunteer fighting force, much less meet the needs of our global missions. I can assure you that recruiting will bottom out, and our country, along with its long-term geopolitical goals, will essentially collapse. Let Russia be an example to any nation that treats its own citizen soldiers as fodder, and expendable.
ITS A HONORABLE CONTRACT WE SIGNED
Honorable Service was our gift to the country. Had a girlfriend that asked; how long are we supposed to say "thanks for your service?"
I said " you can stop when your Freedom and Liberty run out." She didn't like that answer, or others i gave her on hot issues.
As a 20 year retired disabled veteran this is just a sign of the times we live in and the country as a whole. I served honorably, missed Birthdays anniversary’s, moved my family all over the place every 3-4 years missed milestones with my children we sacrificed it was hard on my family and my marriage, I earned every benefit I have I fulfilled my duty and I would do it again because I love my country but anyone on the outside who writes ignorant articles like that needs to understand nothing is given in the military you have to earn what you get period. I earned what I have no one has ever given me any thing and I’ll be damed if I let someone who has never served a day or sacrificed anything for this country try to tell me otherwise. God Bless America
Forget fart in the wind debates in the comments. Write this email, letter, phone call to your elected representatives: Example of a letter:
Dear [Representative’s Name],
I am writing to express my deep appreciation for your dedicated service as a VFW representative. Your tireless efforts to support veterans and ensure they receive the benefits they have earned are truly commendable.
As a fellow veteran, I understand the importance of having a strong advocate like you who fights for the rights and well-being of veterans. Your work in fighting for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill, providing financial grants, and offering transition support and educational scholarships is invaluable.
I would like to offer my support and assistance in any way possible to help you in your advocacy efforts. Please know that you have the backing of many veterans and supporters who believe in the vital work you do.
Thank you for your service and commitment to our veterans. Your dedication makes a real difference in the lives of those who have served our country.
Sincerely, [Your Name], VFW Life Member
The veterans have received absurd loss of limbs,sight, disfigurements,brain injuries, loss of careers, marriages and now many live on the streets NOW THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL ABSURD AND THEY STILL DONT GET THE RECIPROCATION THEY DESERVE !!
They need to remember one important concept: Freedom is Not Free.
If you have every been to a VA hospital and had to put up with the 95% of the time terrible customer service, you would know vets do not have absurd benefits. In fact the government spends more time trying to take away your benefits then to take care of you.
100% Accurate, they spend more time trying to chase us away & take those benefits.
Think of the billions of dollars we allocate to foreign aid-Ukraine, Israel, and support for migrants at our southern border. Yet, some are considering cutting disability compensation for veterans-the very people who risked their lives to keep our country free and safe?
Consider the life of a disabled veteran: they enlisted or were commissioned out of a desire to defend our nation. Along the way, they suffered wounds or developed conditions that permanently altered their lives, limiting their ability to pursue happiness and opportunities. Now, some are entertaining the idea of stripping away the compensation they rightfully earned? What’s next-cutting benefits for the families of fallen veterans?
Even from a civilian perspective, the injustice is clear. Imagine you’re a computer programmer at a tech company. One day, while walking through a construction zone at work, a steel girder falls and severs your arm. Wouldn’t you expect compensation from your employer? You would likely receive a multi-million-dollar settlement-far more than what most veterans receive through disability benefits.
Veterans’ disability compensation isn’t charity. It’s a moral and contractual obligation we must honor. These benefits are a small price to pay for the sacrifices made by those who have defended our freedoms.
#HonorTheContract
Please don't point to other funding as a reason why we should or should not cut VA funding. The US economy is growing despite what pundits are saying, the government aren't running out of money they just want to cut your funding to give the tax cuts to corporations.
@ Great point! Think of the amounts of money we shelled out after the crash of 2008…. I think what Trump and Elon are trying to do is actually start to pay off our national debt…. VA funding shouldn’t be touched tho….
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Yeah I’m tired of the conversations concerning VA benefits being derailed to point fingers at poor people. Try punching up instead of kicking down. There are people so wealthy in this country that they make more in an hour than a 100% disabled veteran makes in a year and it ain’t flowing back into the US economy. As long as those people remain protected in their hoarding of American money our veterans, our poor and our infrastructure will never recover.
@@rico5393 Wakeup: It's estimate the ten-year cost of the legislation and executive actions President Trump signed into law during his first term was about $8.4 trillion, with interest. And a lot of that were for tax cuts for the people at the top.
The next few years aren't going to be fun.
Keep your word like we kept ours.
I commend any service member, thank you for all you have sacrificed, both realized and not.
They will never get me to fight for the machine. They have abused their power that vets gave them too much. The Federal gov has made the same error the Romans made. They forgot the veterans.
Veteran here...one of the "1% 'ers". The WWII, Korea, and Vietnam generations are passing on, the number of living vets continue to decline.
“Absurdly” generous????🤣🤣🤣
Was thinking the same thing.
a politicians salary is "absurdly" generous.
Recruiting for the military is hurting today because of anti American rhetoric and mistreatment of our veterans.
Sadly, the Anti-American rhetoric is coming from our own government. The mistreatment is being done by the VA. My Dad was a Vietnam veteran and he used to say, "If the VC don't get you, the VA will!"
“Recruitment numbers are looking better after more recruiters are getting into communities. After years of shortfalls, nearly all of the U.S. military's active-duty components met their recruiting goals this year-and plan to increase those goals in 2025.”
@DzNutzzz FALSE! The Branches lowered their recruitment numbers. Stop falling for dumbness
@@Dogmeat1950 They also lowered their standards. They are now taking people who would have been disqualified a few years ago.
@@DzNutzzzThey lowered their standards, they're essentially trying to bolster their recruiting numbers by setting the bar to the floor.
I believe being a Veteran makes one even better than an average American.
Controversial? I don't give a damn.
The way veterans are treated is terrible, it takes a lot of courage to be willing to fight for your country, but who would fight for a country that doesn't even fight for them
lol most of you joined because you had no other good options.
@@modestdaddy2000 Rage bait 0/10
@@modestdaddy2000 true
@@modestdaddy2000 not true
Thank you
Awesome video….Thank you!
Anyone saying VA benefits are generous has never tried to make a doctors appointment at the VA.
Not only are they hard to get but harder to keep and we are under constant scrutiny to do so. One mistake by a medical professional keeps you from benefits forever unless you can afford a lawyer.
Apparently a p&t makes you untouchable
I’ll be the first to show anyone what a burnpit was like. Don’t worry they won’t have a mask for optimum larping.
I personally feel everyone should get healthcare, but veterans also deserve their other benefits.
People risking life, limb, and mental health, fighting even when the wars seem unjust, deserve to be taken care of when they finish their service.
Absolutely absurd. #honorthecontract We damn well earned it, and we are entitled!
Tough one. Lack of opportunities elsewhere make it hard to prioritize vets. The benefits offered are substantial, in education, health and home buying programs. Regular folk can't afford it for themselves. Then gov't benefits, police and firefighters, public officials. Corrupt and otherwise. Asking people with nothing left to give to those, who are given exclusive advantages across areas of life the rest of us can't earn with all the hard work we do? ... I think we need to get rid of the distinctions. Everyone gets on board, when there's room for everyone.
This is sick! I’m prior service and people like my father, grandfather and uncles served in the South Pacific, Europe and Vietnam. They earned whatever. They can’t help where they were sent and when they were sent. They were always on the clock. Missed time away from family and friends so that people can sleep peacefully and have their activities. If these people aren’t happy about veterans vote better.
Take our rights we will take yours trust me
About time should never have waited this long
Thats ridiculous! I worked with vets and the benefits our heroes receive are pennies compared to what they have gone thru. Its a nightmare for most people to even file all the paperwork and quagmire of hoops. Cutting back is an insult.
All veterans deserve better than what they are currently receiving, especially those that served in combat
You would think that economists would understand contracts.
There's only so much money.
The VA medical system is a black hole of inefficiency.
Veterans deserve services, but those services should answer to the taxpayer.
Amen!!😮😮
Unless they are paid like a sport player actor or singer it isn’t enough. And certainly not too much.
I stand with you VFW.
Life member
We have an adversarial comp and pension system.
God bless.....
:40 I am not a veteran or enlisted; I’m one of the dudes in the back. But that has always been the deal as I’ve understood it; y’all risk your lives for us, we take care of you when you’re done. It’s not complicated.
Cut congress pay. Cut absurdity in spending
We need a draft for the 1%, maybe then they'll understand. This is what happens when you elect a draft dodger to the White HOuse.
Maybe if I didn’t get multiple severe, life threatening, debilitating autoimmune conditions that have destroyed my body and my life (in my 30s-37 now), I wouldn’t take or need the benefits that my lawyer had to fight years for. I’d rather have my health. The VA still denies me treatments I need to save my life (B-Cell therapy). All service connected and initiated in service.
Veterans should get what they have been promised and deserve. I totally support that. I do have a major problem with the veterans who are claiming disability and it has absolutely nothing to do with their service, or they really are not disabled. I met one guy who is “100% disabled” because of his back yet he runs his own farm lifting bails of hay, feed for the animals and all of the other heavy tasks that go along with farming. Another guy I know is 100% disabled because he ate himself into diabetes. He was in supply chain, no combat so ptsd didn’t cause him to eat like this, but somehow that’s military related? He served 4 years when he was young, he’s in his late fifty’s. Now tax payers are paying his mortgage. BS. 4 years of service without injury does not qualify you to have tax payers pay you for the rest of your life and pay for a free home. Then I see tunnels to towers buying injured vets homes that they truly need, why is it that people who are fine are getting mortgages paid for but the guys who are in need have to rely on tunnels to towers to provide for them? Makes no sense.
The fact that the Economist doesn't credit whoever wrote that article on their website, tells us they're cowards.
You deserve what you voted for. Enjoy...
I recently joined the VFW and wondered what I can do to help homeless veterans and foster children. Now I hear this. My heart is raging. What can I do to help this new problem?
Help get younger members into the VFW, DAV, etc. Messaging has been a problem and younger vets that really need both the help and the camaraderie of other vets don't always know where to turn. The VFW and DAV and American Legion can be excellent places for this, as well as local VA volunteering.
Yes
Honor the contract!
Be clear. When he says “they” say we don’t deserve it, he means the GOP.
Totally agree
I for one am sick of these dirty veterans crossing our borders and asking for handouts. It isn't up to Americans to solve the world's poverty, so why should we give anything to the Marines? That's the Navy's problem, let them feed and clothe them.
Thanks for keeping the pressure on. I am not sure why that article ever got published but the response has been deafening and needs to stay that way.
Tell them to stop crying about our benefits and address the fraud, waste, and abuse in the defense budget. The DoD has never passed an audit, let that sink in.
You can change go-forward policy and that would be reasonable. Pulling already-earned benefits would be unreasonable.
i knew this was coming
ABSOLUTELY
And those benefits are sadly lacking in today's economy.
What they are not saying is they are mad that more of us are coming back alive but wounded physically and mentally. I would see every social welfare program be defunded before I will surrender one red cent of what we are owed.
If anyone in this country is OWED anything it is us veterans.
We have done what the majority of this country won’t. The current power in the VA needs to be removed and replaced by vets, or at least overseen by real veterans who have the power to tell the bureaucrats to Golf Foxtrot Yankee when the refuse or delay service.
It took my grandpa 10 years to get his disability benefits from the VA. Im happy with my taxes going to veterans. I am not happy with my taxes fueling the MIC and funding proxy wars abroad.
If you voted for trump then you voted for exactly this.
Biden would never attack things like social security and veterans benefits
_The Economist_ is often called "The Ecommunist" for good reason.
Actually, communists treat people better than the projects represented by the Economist, a Neoliberal Capitalist publication.
@@boathemian7694neoliberal and capitalist don't go together like classical liberal and taxes don't go together.
The Economist's take has much more to do with unbridled capitalism. I'm not ready to ditch capitalism, but we certainly need to rein it in to protect citizens from the worst , most selfish aspects of capitalism.
@@WanderingPassports I’d buy a better dictionary if I were you.
@@leoscheibelhut940 isn’t that an irreconcilable contradiction? “Limited Capitalism “?
Good to go!
I’d be okay with them cutting veterans benefits after they cut all the frivolous money Congress is spending. Cut all the handouts to other countries, have cut congress pay and other federal employees pay too.
Whoa there, you might hurt Dan Crenshaw
Thanks for your service too all,this is what happens when you have draft dodgers running the country
Veterans need a “National Veterans Transition Manual / SOP”, one VSO’s can be trained on and obligated to implement. No manual, no service.
Why people say ! Thanks for your service! But the veterans administration don’t honor the contract we signed , our oath to our country they forgot their oath to the veterans.
I agree with this premise. It is amazing how many people are getting benefits without having any real disabilities. I have met them and they have bragged about it. I have been told many times by people who work for the VA that it is kind of amazing that I retired after 20 years honorable service without any disability. Hell, it is even called "getting your 80" by Air Force veterans, meaning getting an 80% disability rating upon separation without being disabled in any way.
It’s not that the benefits are too generous. Those that were injured in the line of duty deserve those benefits. However:
As an active duty Marine of eight years, I am the only guy I know that didn’t “game the system” in order to get a VA check for life.
There is a TON of abuse of the system that is downright fraud of the American taxpayer.
Not a veteran, but I've tried to speak up about these issues before and I get shut down immediately. Especially by brass - they always accuse me of being ignorant and unpatriotic. Which sucks because I feel like most soldiers dont speak up because they dont want to appear like theyre "whining". No matter what we do, we can't win.
Lifetime member.
They seem to forget that in other fields of work, other careers, you just sue for millions. Is that what they want?
Absurd so says a foreign business magazine .