Again, the retirement status and defense Department. I mean, this just benefits for VA, $200 billion. That equates to about $11,500 per veteran before the pandemic. So $200 billion, $11,500 per vet. This year we'll spend about $435 billion [on veterans benefits]. It's more than doubled. And our cost per vet, it's up to $28,000 per veteran. Somebody's got to look at this. We are $177 billion for veterans benefits above and beyond what we spent in 2019. (14:41–14:47)
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