According to Tim's post the issue was the bill going far beyond anything that is reasonable. Paying for housing? basic salary? I'd join up for that.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > tBone wrote: > > Actually, so far the main difficulties with this bill have been the > > increased cost associated with the education benefits, and the fear that > > soldiers that would have stayed in will leave because they can actually > > afford to go to school. > > > > That's what McCain and Bush are saying and it's fairly derogatory, to be > blunt. > > They're basically saying that only uneducated people with no better > options are willing to serve - therefore the only way to have a US > military is to have an uneducated population from which to recruit > from. > > If that's true, then the military needs a complete restructuring much > like the Marines had in the 90s. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
