Posted by
toady on Monday, May 19, 2008 5:15:14 AM
On Meet the Press Jim Webb discussed his GI Bill:
"I introduced this GI bill my first day in office. The idea was to give the people who'd been serving since 9/11 the same educational benefits--the same right to a first class future--as those who served in World War II."
"No president in history has vetoed a benefits bill for those who've served," he continued. "[President Bush is] fine with sending these people over and over again where they're spending more time in Iraq than they are at home.
"He's fine with the notion of 'stop-loss,' where we can...make people stay in even after enlistments are done. And then we say, 'Give them the same benefit that the people in World War II have,' and they say it's too expensive. So I think the Republican Party is...on the block here to clearly demonstrate that they value military service, or suffer the consequences of losing the support of people who've served."
Republicans "honor" the troops, but oppose educating them. It's too expensive they say... too generous.