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When they came home from Iraq, 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard had been deployed longer than any other ground combat unit. The tour lasted 22 months and had been extended as part of President Bush's surge.
1st Lt. Jon Anderson said he never expected to come home to this: A government refusing to pay education benefits he says he should have earned under the GI bill.
"It's pretty much a slap in the face," Anderson said. "I think it was a scheme to save money, personally. I think it was a leadership failure by the senior Washington leadership... once again failing the soldiers."
Anderson's orders, and the orders of 1,161 other Minnesota guard members, were written for 729 days.
Had they been written for 730 days, just one day more, the soldiers would receive those benefits to pay for school.
Luckily, there are always loopholes which allow people to be screwed over.
I just used the Letter-to-the-Editor tool at VoteVets.org to write a letter about the GI Bill.
Please help support the GI Bill for our troops by visiting VoteVet.org and sending a letter to the editor of your local paper. CLICK HERE to visit VoteVets.org and send a letter to your paper.
“These veterans were able to get a first-class future,” Senator Webb told me in an interview. “But not only that. For every dollar that was spent on the World War II G.I. bill, seven dollars came back in the form of tax remunerations from those who received benefits.”
[...] i was like... huh?! that ain't right -- elective, luxury surgery for the wife of a soldier?!! based on this one little thing i've come to the conclusion that the military needs to re-examine the distribution of benefits.
My insurance won't pay for elective surgery like that. Why should my taxes pay for a soldier's wife to have it?
The new GI Bill is still facing opposition. Let's face it, $9,000 a year (what soldiers are currently offered) won't really get a person a college education, will it? This has got to change. VoteVets.org offers an easy way to write to your local paper to express your support for our troops. Got the sticker? Back it up!
Because you don't volunteer to go get shot at to protect a person's right to have insurance.
you know i did see something on the news about this dwindling GI Bill. but i think the bigger problem is the distribution of benefits given to the military. some complain that soldiers don't make a lot of money but if they take advantage of all the benefits then they really come out ahead. when a marine colleague of mine told me his wife had two tummy tucks, one after each child, fully paid for, i was like... huh?! that ain't right -- elective, luxury surgery for the wife of a soldier?!! based on this one little thing i've come to the conclusion that the military needs to re-examine the distribution of benefits.
This could change, as soon as next January 20...Last I checked I don't have a 'right' to insurance. I have the 'opportunity to purchase'.
Last I checked I don't have a 'right' to insurance. I have the 'opportunity to purchase'.