McCain, Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill

[OneAngryDemocrat]

Source: ABCNews

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits for members of the military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan under the GI Bill.

McCain indicated he would offer some sort of alternative to the legislation to address concerns that expanding the GI Bill could lead more members of the military to get out of the service.

Officials in charge of Pentagon personnel worry that a more generous and expansive GI Bill would create an incentive for troops to get out of the military and go to college.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4652517&page=1

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The reason for McCain's refusal to support the bill?

"Officials in charge of Pentagon personnel worry that a more generous and expansive GI Bill would create an incentive for troops to get out of the military and go to college."

Truth-seekers... read the last sentence, AGAIN.

In fact, read it 3x.

Let it swish around your skull for a few minutes, and then you'll know what to say the next time a Republican wants to look down their nose at you.

"Fuck John McCain."

Please visit my anti-war website, www.shockedandawful.com. It's a time consuming one-man venture, and keeping my little site going is all I can think to do to end this rotten war, other than marching on Washington with torches. I ain't sellin' nuthin' but the truth, folks - and that I'm giving away for free. Make sure you look for my playlist.com anti-war juke-box - chuck full of lots of contemporary anti-war songs!!! I'm very proud of putting it all together.

PEACE.

[LSparkle]

1. Yeah, we don't need a country of intelligent people, just warriors

Who needs colleges and universities, after all? Who needs intellectuals?
We of the ruling class can handle things just fine by ourselves -- we don't
need to expand opportunities to the riffraff. Just keep 'em dumb and scared
and they'll have no choice but go to and fight and die for us.

BITTER :sarcasm:

HAVE I SAID LATELY HOW MUCH I HATE THESE PEOPLE?

[saigon68]

8. Warriors like this?

The picture of defeat in Iraq-Nam.

This photo is in every school in the Muslim world

It shows the work of the troops of the "Crusader Bush"

[bluestateguy]

2. Ooooh! Uh oh! "The military" opposes the bill. Oh dear! What shall we do?

We fucking pass the bill anyway! :grr:

We have civilian control of the armed forces in this country.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. Just keep the money flowing to the corporations that make arms,

don't you dare spend it on real people for real benefits to our country.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. "incentive for troops to get out"

Isn't that why they had to put "stop lost" into effect?
Jesus Christ.... they want out because the leadership is fucked up, the army is broke and they don't want to die..

[OneAngryDemocrat]

5. My Suggestion...

Throw the recruiters out of town, and only allow them to recruit from the many nut-case right-wing mega-churches that criss-cross the country. Let the swine, by themselves, wallow in the filth that they have made.

Please visit my anti-war website, www.shockedandawful.com . It's a time consuming one-man venture, and keeping my little site going is all I can think to do to end this rotten war, other than marching on Washington with torches. I ain't sellin' nuthin' but the truth, folks - and that I'm giving away for free. Make sure you look for my playlist.com anti-war juke-box - chuck full of lots of contemporary anti-war songs!!! I'm very proud of putting it all together.

PEACE.

[bronxiteforever]

6. Pay the ultimate sacrifice and get a shopping trip to the dollar store

Dem groups prepared to counter the Rethug vet groups preparing to swift boat our candidate should have this vote shoved down their throat 24/7.

Fight Back!

[madrchsod]

7. 6 rabid republican brothers are voting for obama

because john refuses to vote yes on any veterans bill. my son`s father in law is one of them...this issue is one of obama`s "keys to the kingdom"

[TheWatcher]

9. Such A Maverick.

:eyes:

Get ready for the Hundred Year War America.

Coming to you in November of '08.

[Thepricebreaker]

10. Short of McCain killing a GI on the steps on of the whitehouse......

Nothing is going to stick to him thats negative toward the Military... I wouldn't go within 10,000 feet of that subject with him... we will lose hardcore.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

11. ???

Just what would we lose?

Bringing this up in the media, or in a future debate wouldn't be questioning his patriotism, or his record as a former serviceman.

It would be questioning his current committment to our men & women in uniform.

LET IT ROLL!!!