…because the administration and McCain don’t. I say that because they oppose the update to the GI Bill. Read here http://www.iavaaction.org to find out more and see if your “representatives” support the new bill. My “Representative” (Musgrave, Northern Colorado) doesn’t.
This topic shouldn’t be political, it should be common sense…Take care of the heros that risk the ultimate sacrifice day in and day out PERIOD.
Thank you for reading and God Bless.
Nah, supporting the troops means running out and buying Chinese made bumper stickers that read “support the troops”!
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Nah, supporting the troops means running out and buying Chinese made bumper stickers that read “support the troops”![/quote]
I thought supporting to the troops meant calling anybody who opposes the war a terrorist?
Vote Ron Paul!
He’s the only one that seem to give two shits about the safety and well-being of the troops.
I got an interesting email the other day that said if you don’t stand behind our troops, please get in front of them!
[quote]lixy wrote:
Vote Ron Paul!
He’s the only one that seem to give two shits about the safety and well-being of the troops.[/quote]
I will, if you will. There went that idea. You have no vote so STFU you panderer…JK Lixy Poo, by the way I have missed you lately, you and Osama must be cooking up a plot for the summer.
[quote]jg884x wrote:
I got an interesting email the other day that said if you don’t stand behind our troops, please get in front of them![/quote]
Interesting play on words.
[quote]jg884x wrote:
I got an interesting email the other day that said if you don’t stand behind our troops, please get in front of them![/quote]
Of all the Americans I know who oppose the war on Iraq, there isn’t a single one who wouldn’t pick up a rifle if the US was in danger. Just not the made-up fraudulent intelligence kind, where bombing people halfway across the world and building bases is the name of the game.
Building bases = Building Mosques?
[quote]Gkhan wrote:
Building bases = Building Mosques?[/quote]
LOL!!
Lixy owned yet again!
Onto the subject, my question is: Why can’t the GI Bill improvements be retroactive to include those who’ve already been there and have used their benefits? I served in iraq in 2004, and i basically starved and scrapped my way through 3 years of college when I got home. Yeah I graduated, but I’ve still got some time left and 12 months of benefits left. It sure would be nice if those of us that have used already would be compensated for it.
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
It sure would be nice if those of us that have used already would be compensated for it.[/quote]
You did. It’s called a paycheck.
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
gatesoftanhauser wrote:
It sure would be nice if those of us that have used already would be compensated for it.
You did. It’s called a paycheck.
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Okay, what I meant was that those of us that didn’t have the full amount at the time we were using our GI BILL would be retroactively paid for it. Kinda unfair if I had to starve and scrap through college, when there’s a very real possibility that veterans beginning college in a few years get to go for free, don’t you think? Especially if we served in the same war, IMO
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
Kinda unfair if I had to starve and scrap through college, when there’s a very real possibility that veterans beginning college in a few years get to go for free, don’t you think? Especially if we served in the same war, IMO[/quote]
Totally unfair, but do you want to force those hardships and handicaps on your fellow soldiers, or would you rather they be treated like you SHOULD have been, not how you were.
I know there are a few 1-liners and jokes on this thread…Please tell me those were preceeded by checking the site and petitioning your representative.
[quote]shaddeau34 wrote:
gatesoftanhauser wrote:
Kinda unfair if I had to starve and scrap through college, when there’s a very real possibility that veterans beginning college in a few years get to go for free, don’t you think? Especially if we served in the same war, IMO
Totally unfair, but do you want to force those hardships and handicaps on your fellow soldiers, or would you rather they be treated like you SHOULD have been, not how you were.[/quote]
How would I be forcing a hardship/handicap on my fellow soldiers? The money for improved GI BILL benefits would come from John and Jane Q Taxpayer’s checkbooks, where it should come from. Not from fellow soldier’s wallets.
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
Okay, what I meant was that those of us that didn’t have the full amount at the time we were using our GI BILL would be retroactively paid for it.[/quote]
Huh?! You only paid $100 per month into it. How much compensation do you think is fair? You still got paid more than you paid in.
BTW, I used the GI bill to finish school too. I had to take out loans of over 30K for undergrad.
Just because we wore a uniform does not entitle us to a piece of pie. It’s not like we were unpaid volunteers forced into service.
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
It’s not like we were unpaid volunteers forced into service.
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How does a “volunteer” get “forced into service”.
[quote]lixy wrote:
LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
It’s not like we were unpaid volunteers forced into service.
How does a “volunteer” get “forced into service”.[/quote]
You volunteer or you go to jail.
Coactus tamen, voluit.
[quote]orion wrote:
lixy wrote:
LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
It’s not like we were unpaid volunteers forced into service.
How does a “volunteer” get “forced into service”.
You volunteer or you go to jail.
Coactus tamen, voluit. [/quote]
Good one!