talk.politics.misc

ffranco@ wrote:
> On Feb 15, 11:41 am, b...@ (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:
>> | ...
>> | Sen. James Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran, has been doggedly pursuing
>> | passage of a new GI Bill aimed at helping these new wartime veterans
>> | get that education by giving them much the same educational benefits
>> | that were extended to their grandfathers after WWII.
>> |
>> | Under his bill, which has attracted three dozen other sponsors, the
>> | government would resume paying full college tuition for these veterans
>> | for a period linked to their times in uniform, but for no more than
>> | 36 months or four academic years. Every eligible college veteran also
>> | would receive a check for $1,000 a month to help cover living expenses.
>> |
>> | This would cost the government about $2 billion a year, which is about
>> | what we're presently spending every 36 hours in Iraq.
>> |
>> | President George W. Bush and the Pentagon oppose any such improvement
>> | of this miserly benefit for our young veterans. Why? The president
>> | says it would cost too much and be too hard to administer, and he's
>> | threatened to veto Webb's bill if it ever passes.
>> | ...
>>
>>
>> --bks
>
> Pesident Bush supports our American veterans and appreciates the
> sacrifices they have made for their Nation and President. He says this
> often and forcefully, so no one can doubt the sincerity of his
> statements.

I have to hand it to you, one doesn't often see irony coming from the
Right...

Miles "Humor In Uniform" Long