No. Well, it is true that only 300,000 veterans are collecting a disability pension. The remaining veterans are those people who belonged—the rule stipulates 90 days—to a combat unit in wartime or during foreign operations. If they meet these criteria, they are entitled to be recognized as veterans. They are entitled to wear a medal that is called the combatants' cross and at age 65, they receive a retired combatants' pension. This pension is tax free. Most of the pensions are for disabled veterans, but that does not mean that government assistance stops with these 360,000 veterans. There are a number of other benefits—I can go into the details if you wish—that are for both veterans receiving pensions and for veterans who may have suffered a less serious wound, at a recognized minimum rate, or may suffer from a lesser illness, again at a certain rate, which I can also describe to you. So at one time or another, all of these 3.6 million veterans will be collecting something from the state, either a pension or some other kind of retirement allowance.
