That is a fact, but that's okay.
One point you mentioned is that whether you leave with a card or not, you're still a veteran obviously and treated as such.
The basic aim of veterans programs, I suggest, is not necessarily to put the veteran in a lifetime of financial dependence, but to enable the veteran to get retrained and carry on life on the veteran's own terms. Those who can't do that obviously need support for life.
Is that a fair statement of the overall aim of Veterans Affairs programs?