{"id":71572,"date":"2017-04-19T09:08:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71572"},"modified":"2017-04-19T09:08:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:08:41","slug":"congress-plans-to-charge-vets-for-gi-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71572","title":{"rendered":"Congress plans to charge vets for GI Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Military Times<\/a> reports that there’s a plan in Congress to charge active duty service members for access to the Post 9-11 GI Bill;<\/p>\n

The plan \u2014 draft legislation from House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, R-Tenn. \u2014 would deduct $2,400 from future service members\u2019 paychecks to establish eligibility for revamped post-military education benefits. This was first reported Tuesday by Task & Purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, the post-9\/11 GI Bill offers full tuition to a four-year state college (or the equivalent tuition payout for a private school) plus a monthly housing stipend to any service member who spends at least three years on active duty, and to reservists who are mobilized to active-duty for extended periods. Troops wounded while serving are also eligible. <\/p>\n

Unlike the older Montgomery GI Bill benefit, the post-9\/11 GI Bill does not require any fees or pay reductions for eligibility. The new proposal would change that, taking up to $100 a month from new enlistees\u2019 paychecks for the right to access the benefit after they leave the ranks. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s funny (“odd funny” not “funny ha-ha”) how all of the people in Washington, DC can only think of ways to make service members and veterans pay for the things they earned, in order for the government to save money. <\/p>\n

Supporters of the plan say having service members \u201cbuy in\u201d to the benefit would strengthen it against periodic attempts by budget planners to trim veterans education benefits. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or…they could just stop trying to trim service members’ benefits. There are scads of places that Congress can cut in the budget that don’t have anything to do with Defense. It’s just easier politically to cut the uniformed services rather than domestic spending. Veterans need to change that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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