It's not unreasonable. People putting their lives on the line for whatever our govt tells them to do because it's their country telling them to do it. THey should get a fuck load more then we give them. They should also give the VA a crap load more money so that these soldiers coming home get what they need to live normal lives after living in hell for years.
On 5/23/08, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:260693 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
