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GI Bill 2.0 Causes Vet Unrest

Steve

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The President recently signed the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvement Act, also known as GI Bill 2.0 . Unfortunately, like the fix was a well-intensioned legislative rush job — full of technicalities, complications, and trade-offs.

Had Congress done it right the first time, there wouldn’t be any inequity or “lost benefits” to debate — just a streamlined single program that treats each veteran the same.


again once the bill was read... it was clear the congress screwed it up..
 

Steve

Well-known member
Veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill will see their monthly living stipends stopped between fall and winter semesters, starting next year, and only full time students will continue to draw stipends at the 100 percent rate.

Those two cost-saving changes, plus a new $17,500 nationwide cap on Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for students attending private colleges and universities,

so basically you can go to school, your just supposed to be homeless in between sessions??

and find a good state school and don't look at the elite ivy league schools all the elite went to, cause it is now to expensive for those who gave so much to serve...
 

Steve

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So say lawmakers and congressional staff members who negotiated final details of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010. Congress passed the bill, S 3447, before Christmas. President Obama will sign it into law at a White House ceremony in early January.

just another photo op while cutting benefits to vets...

cuts are fine, and needed but they should be across the board and not just targeting our vets.

New GI Bill benefits used at public colleges and universities will continue to cover full tuition and fees. But the variance in entitlements for attending private colleges will be ending through use of a $17,500 benefit cap,

in other words the best schools are not for our best vets.
( the old rule was if you could get in on your own.. they would cover the cost)..

But Tetz said the reduction in stipend payments and the cap on tuition fees for private schools were an unfortunate price to pay to ensure passage.

Earlier drafts of the reform package from the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee would have set the nationwide cap on benefits at private colleges at $20,000. But in late-hour negotiations in the lame-duck session of Congress, the cap was lowered to ensure the reform bill was cost-neutral.

The cap might have been lower than necessary, suggested one Senate source. When the Congressional Budget Office used a more accurate figure for number of National Guard members newly eligible for the Post-9/11 benefits, its final cost estimate came as a surprise to architects of the package. It went beyond cost neutral to save $734 millio over 10 years.

funny how congress can "save money" in a vet bill, yet waste it so badly on social programs :?
 

Steve

Well-known member
Veteran service organizations were united in praise of the reform bill. Privately, however, some said they expected more careful consideration of the cap and final passage of the bill in the next Congress.


oh well at least the democrats got their photo op..



Veterans in several states, including Texas, New York and New Hampshire, he said, will see GI Bill payments reduced and "will be forced to pay for this reduction from other sources or from their own pocket."
 
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