The G.I. Bill is set up no so basically only single soldiers can ever use it. You have to pay out of pocket before starting school and then receive a small monthly stipend that pays back your course costs over time. The vast majority of people never use theirs because the program is so hosed up.
Loathe wrote: > Seriously WTF? > > Dana wrote: >> welfare incentive???? >> >> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:56 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 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:260709 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
