First, I want to wish you and your family a very warm and peaceful Thanksgiving.
However you spend today, please know this: you have already done more than most Americans ever will by standing up for 54,000 combat injured veterans who lost the retirement they earned. I am grateful for every single signature and share on this petition.
Today I need to ask one more thing from you. Not money. Not even another email.
I need you to read something.
I just published a new long form article that explains, in plain language, what is happening to the 54,000 medically retired, combat injured veterans our petition is fighting for. It walks through how a 1941 law quietly turns their earned retirement into what many of us see as one of the largest wage thefts in modern American history.
It breaks down three things:
How the government takes every dollar of their earned retirement for the very injuries that ended their careers
Why this works out to a full time “ghost job” for zero dollars every month for the rest of their lives
How one Senator used his gavel to block the Major Richard Star Act, while veterans now use billboards and this petition to fight back
You can read it here:
👉 https://medium.com/@MajorStarAct/the-u-s-government-is-committing-one-of-the-largest-wage-thefts-in-modern-american-history-223119fad82d
If you have already signed this petition, you are part of this story. The next step is helping more people understand what this rule actually does to real families sitting at their own Thanksgiving tables tonight.
Here is how you can help in five minutes or less:
- Read the article so you can explain this issue in your own words.
- Share the link on Facebook, X, Reddit, or in any group you are part of.
- Tag your members of Congress and ask them one simple question: “Do you support the Major Richard Star Act?”
- Send it to one civilian friend or family member who has never heard of this rule.
Here is the article link again so you can copy and paste it:
https://medium.com/@MajorStarAct/the-u-s-government-is-committing-one-of-the-largest-wage-thefts-in-modern-american-history-223119fad82d
Even sharing the article you are reading gives these veterans and their families a fighting chance. All of my writing can be found here that you can distribute to help this petition get the eyes it needs. https://medium.com/@majorstaract
From my family to yours, thank you for standing with us veterans!
Even sharing the article you are reading gives these veterans and their families a fighting chance.