A welfare incentive? Last time I checked people on welfare don't routinely put their lives on the line AS ORDERED.
You sign away a huge portion of your life, pledging it any cause the American people see fit to spend it on. Long days, shit pay, and crap tasks. You need to take a look at what people do on welfare and rethink that statement. C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: >> 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. > > While I agree that the GI Bill needs to be better aligned to the true > cost of college, I think turning it into a welfare incentive is > counter-productive. That would only serve to allow the John Kerrys of > the world to say that only those without homes or futures will go into > the military. > > That said, I'm all for increasing VA funding. > > It's Memorial Day weekend - let's remember why the holiday was called > for - http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html > > Thank a Vet. > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260706 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
