{"id":20203,"date":"2010-08-20T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2010-08-20T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T14:00:24","slug":"throwing-money-away-at-the-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20203","title":{"rendered":"Throwing money away at the VA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this story at Vets’ Voice<\/a> and although dicksmith is exited about it, I think it’s the worst waste of money in the Federal government. The VA is sponsoring a NASCAR participant in the name of the new GI Bill;<\/p>\n

The idea, according to Veterans Affairs Department officials, is to get the GI Bill plastered on a racecar and frequently mentioned by broadcasters to spread the word about the availability of the Post-9\/11 GI Bill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really? Is there someone out there who is eligible but isn’t aware of the post 9-11 GI Bill? If I remember correctly, people had trouble GETTING the new benefit…and they all knew they were eligible. Then, after the VA gave them their money, they had to go around and collect the advance payment back. <\/p>\n

So the problem isn’t letting people know about the new GI Bill, it’s paying them the benefit they earned. <\/p>\n

The combined cost of sponsoring a car and the race will be about $420,000, a significant part of a $1 million advertising campaign that also includes buying ads in college newspapers and in online publications to try to reach eligible service members and veterans, VA officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a ginormous waste of money. Give me the fucking million bucks and I’ll personally knock on every door in America and tell residents about the GI Bill whether they’re eligible or not.<\/p>\n

Of course dicksmith would think it’s a good use of government funds – he pees himself everytime VoteVets does a million dollar ad buy for the energy bill. And Rick Maze wrote the Army Times<\/a> article, so my two favorite propagandists are involved in this story told by idiots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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