The United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in the process of
finding against William O. Schism and Robert L.
Reinlie v. the UNITED STATES, case number 99-1402,
has said... "They [America's Military Retirees]
served their country for at least 20 years with the
understanding that when they retired they and their
dependents would receive full free health care for
life. The promise of such health care was made in
good faith and relied upon. Again, however, because
no authority existed to make such promises in the
first place, and because Congress has never ratified
or acquiesced to this promise, we have no alternative
but to uphold the judgment against the retirees'
breach-of-contract claim."
THINK ABOUT THIS. If while
serving their country, members of the Armed Forces
were led to believe that when they retired they and
their dependents would receive full free health care
for life and the promise of such health care was made
in good faith and relied upon and later denied
because Congress has never ratified or acquiesced to
this promise then the United States Government is
guilty of the greatest swindle of all time... a
broken contract with America's military retirees. See
the full "swindle" story on the Internet
via a series of narrated web pages starting at http://mrgrg-ms.org/swindle00.html
Military retirees William O.
Schism and Robert L. Reinlie sought justice in the
United States Court system, and justice was denied.
The court, in an apologetic manner, has now passed
the buck to the Congress by saying that "Perhaps
Congress will consider using its legal power to
address the moral claims raised by Schism and Reinlie
on their own behalf, and indirectly for other
affected retirees."
The military retiree group,
affected by the above court ruling, is now seeking
justice via the "Keep Our Promise to America's
Military Retirees Act". Ladies and Gentlemen of
the United States Congress, the United States
Government is guilty of the greatest swindle of all
time... a broken contract with America's military
retirees and it's up to you to correct this injustice
via HR 602 and S407.