But the number of veterans is increasing. And I want to bring up a very salient point here. The average E7, after serving 20 years in the military, retires with an honorable discharge, will receive a pension of $34,810 a year. So we're spending nearly three times as much for a single homeless veteran as an E7 honorably discharged after 20 years, is receiving. So that we are doing something wrong. (01:04–01:17)
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