It's not a retention device Sam, it's not supposed to be one, it's supposed to be for service rendered.
sam morris wrote: > The White House comes out swinging against the NYT: > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/05/26/nyt-bashes-bush-memorial-day-white-house-strikes-back > or > http://tinyurl.com/6ozyfo > > Once again, the New York Times Editorial Board doesn't let the facts get > in the way of expressing its vitriolic opinions - no matter how misleading > they may be. > > In today's editorial, "Mr. Bush and the GI Bill", the New York Times > irresponsibly distorts President Bush's strong commitment to strengthening > and expanding support for America's service members and their families. > > This editorial could not be farther from the truth about the President's > record of leadership on this issue. In his January 2008 State of the Union > Address, while proposing a series of initiatives to support our military > families, President Bush specifically called upon Congress to answer service > members' request that they be able to transfer their GI Bill benefits to > their spouses and children. In April, he sent a legislative package to the > Hill that would expand access to childcare, create new authorities to appoint > qualified spouses into civil service jobs, provide education opportunities > and job training for military spouses, and allow our troops to transfer their > unused education benefits to their spouses or children. > > As Congress debates the best way to expand the existing GI Bill, > Secretary Gates has laid out important guidelines to ensure that legislation > meets our service members' needs and rewards military service. First, since > our servicemen and women have regularly requested the ability to transfer > their GI bill benefits to their family members, legislation should include > transferability. Second, legislation should provide greater rewards for > continued military service in the all volunteer force. > > There are several GI bill proposals under consideration in both the House > and Senate. The Department of Defense has specific concerns about legislation > sponsored by Senator Webb because it lacks transferability and could > negatively impact military retention. > > The President specifically supports the GI Bill legislation expansion > proposed by Senators Graham, Burr, and McCain because it allows for the > transferability of education benefits and calibrates an increase in education > benefits to time in the service. > > Though readers of the New York Times editorial page wouldn't know it, > President Bush looks forward to signing a GI bill that supports our troops > and their families, and preserves the experience and skill of our forces. >> I guess this just reminds me of the baffling nature of "patriotism" >> when it comes to the military. >> >> We've got a president that for 8 years has, in words, praised >> servicepersons but in action fucked them over at ever turn. >> Blatently. >> >> Yet for some reason, most servicepeople seem to like the guy - or are >> loyal to him. And it just never ceases to amaze me. Here are the >> facts: >> >> 1.) Bush sends troops to an ill-thought out war, with no definition of >> success, and therefore no plan for it. Basically a never ending meat >> grinder where the greatest hope of common grunt is to not get killed. >> >> 2.) He purposely sends too few troops to do what ill-defined missions >> he sends them on. >> >> 3.) He doesn't give them the equipment they need and fight efforts to do so. >> >> 4.) He allows and defends shoddy treatments of combat wounded vets. >> >> 5.) He openly rejects more benefits for these same troops implying >> that if he gives them benefits they won't fight in his poorly planned >> war. >> >> How do we bottle this product the Bush is selling and people are buying? >> >> Cause it seems to me that in any other circumstances people would >> laugh this guy out on his ass after an hour (at the most) yet here he >> is after 8 years with plenty of military support. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260796 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
