S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, is sponsoring a bill that would enable honorably discharged military veterans to get a special designation affixed on their drivers license, according to this Associated Press report.
In addition to the honor of it, the official recognition would also enable vets to prove their status, making it easier for them to take advantage of discounts on goods and services offered to vets, said Knotts, who is a Vietnam-era Navy veteran.
"I think veterans need to have some recognition for the job they've done and their service to our country," Knotts told the AP. "And businesses may not know who is a veteran or who isn't. This makes it clear."
Democratic Sen. Phil Leventis, of Sumter, is also a veteran and whose wife served as a nurse in Vietnam, but he fretted to the AP that with more than 400,000 military veterans in the state, the change could add to significant wait times at DMV offices.
"I'm very appreciative of military service, but I think we also ought to think carefully about emphasizing only one facet of what builds our nation. What about giving the recognition to teachers?" Leventis told the AP.
in English.
And when we we in danger of being conquered by anyone. We fought Germany to preseve free Europe, and we should have, but Germany could not get to the US because they had no ships, only submarines. And Russia could have destroyed us with missles but never invaded, same reason - no ships. What other wars were we in danger. Iraq, Vietnam? In Vietnam for 10 years. We killed 3 million people, lost 57,000. for what? Containment? I think it was national ego, we couldn't admit defeat, until we were defeated. Then vietnam rebuilt itself into a peaceful, trading partner of the US. They never became a partner of the Soviet Union, which our generals and "neo-con" policy thinkers at the time thought. So tell me again how lucky I am to type letters to the editor in English.
Vote out Joe Wilson.
Japan wanted free rein in the Pacific, thus Pearl Harbor. They never planned to invade. We had to fight Japan and Germany; Pearl Harbor and Germany declared war on us but don't tell me we were in danger of being invaded. Korea - are you kidding.