"'In the case of veterans, it was something they earned.'"
    "Which I already said I understood.... but which does NOT answer why the bonuses were set so high. I was not against vets getting the benefit of close scores over me, I just thought that 10 points (why not 4...or 6?)"

         Yes, government intervention upsets the apple cart--as it does with Affirmative Action.

         You should have been a contractor in California, where everything under 10 million dollars was set-aside for minoritys, and you couldn't bond 10 million. Again, the rich guys didn't pay.

         Affirmative Action, the way it's currently practiced, is just simply not workable.