Posted on 03/17/2013 8:15:09 AM PDT by darkwing104
Suspension of military tuition assistance; Obama’s budget cut retaliation up-close and personal
This week the Air Force joined with the Army and Marines in cutting tuition assistance due to “sweeping” federal budget cuts. When faced with a budget crisis—whether real or imagined like Obama’s sequestration—too many politicians will threaten first responders before they cut their own bloated, nonproductive programs. The Armed forces is one of the few constitutionally mandated functions that exists today. Of course, Obama plans to make budget cuts personal so he and Organizing for America can manufacture sob stories making any opposition to his massive spending programs appear cruel. Big Government will not be denied.
Impact
Education in today’s all-volunteer military is a major factor in considering promotions. An unnamed recruiter stated that “College benefits are the absolute main reason they do it, it’s going to be pretty hard,” he said. “You start wondering what else will be cut.” An education will help the service member find a decent job when he leaves the military. Without higher education many troops will have a difficult time starting out as anything more than a Walmart greeter.
The military education benefit cuts are projected to save $600 million, about what the Obamas spent on their vacations over the last couple of years. The current Commander-in-Chief is not setting a good example. With all of the deployment commitments already borne on the shoulders of this all volunteer force, they are now expected to sacrifice even more so low information voters can have their Obamaphones. The main benefit of tuition assistance is to allow service members to obtain a college degree without incurring debt.
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I though that those benefits are part of the “contract” you sign when you join up for service.
You can say the same thing about retirement pay and medical benefits. He wants to take them away also.
The obamanition has already shown what he thinks of contract law. Just ask the automotive company bondholders what obama will do. Contracts are only valid when it suit’s the purpose of government.
Memo to King Bozo Ostrich, don’t PO the military when you want to enslave your subjects.
no matter what happens in this country. Liberal will always revert back to hating the military. It’s in their blood, it’s part of their makeup.
I wonder who the modern day McCarthur who fires on the “Bonus Army” of the day is going to be?
liberal=liberals
That is one of the ugliest damn women I have seen.
I wonder who the modern day McCarthur who fires on the “Bonus Army” of the day is going to be?
dempsey and most of the perfumed princes in the pentagon
They have already been picked for their willingness.
The government doesn’t have to abide by contracts, especially the Obama regime.
Hell - if the government destroys your property and has to reimburse you, your stuff depreciated. if you destroy their stuff and have to pay for it, depreciation did not occur.
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