I would say cut it from the pork, providing for the national defense is one of the few powers actually allocated to the federal government by the constitution.
This is no welfare program, it's just what our grandfathers received after there service. C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: >> welfare incentive???? > > Yes, welfare incentive - by offering not just the education post > service but housing, food and salary allowance (beyond just the needs > of a full-time on campus student) they are indicating that troops > should not have to worry about taking care of their own needs. > > Besides that, at a Federal the GI Bill is a good start, the states > (some, at least) do much more - for example in New York I can apply > for full or part time tuition according to > http://www.veterans.state.ny.us/state_benefits.html#veterans_tuition_awards > > Other states have similar offerings. > > My concern is that the "kitchen sink" approach is going to push us > further down the road of bankrupting the entire country. Say what you > want about the war, oil, farm and power subsidies... if the Democrat's > answer is to constantly triple what the President wants to spend then > we're going to have a lot more debt to pay back. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
