What Do You Think About Democratic Congressman George Miller’s New G.i. Bill Of Rights He Is Trying To Pass?
Inside the New GI Bill of Rights:
Making health care accessible and affordable for Veterans
Improves veterans’ health care.
Improves mental health for returning soldiers.
Blocks increases in prescription drug co-payments and enrollment fees for veterans.
Providing Veterans with the benefits they have earned and deserve
Ends the Disabled Veterans’ Tax.
Reduces waiting times on disability claimsand expands outreach to veterans.
Honoring the families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country
Ends the Military Families Tax.
Increases survivor benefits for families with minor children.
Strengthening our support for our men and women in uniform
Provides $1,000 Bonus for those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ensures an adequate number of troops and adequate equipment for our troops.
Improves military pay for senior enlisted personnel and warrant officers.
Honoring our debt to our servicemen and women
Modernizes and enhances the GI Bill Education and Job Training Programs.
Provides additional funds to assist homeless veterans with employment.
Protects bonuses and special pay for the permanently injured, and continues combat pay or additional compensation
for those recovering from combat injuries.
Improving benefits for our National Guard/Reservists
Expands military health care (TRICARE) for National Guard/Reservists.
Protects the income of activated National Guard/Reservists.
Ensures recruitment incentives and bonuses for National Guard/Reservists and improve educational benefits.
Here’s an evil Republican who isn’t much for partisan politics who, I hope you’re sitting down, thinks it’s a great idea. Veterans deserve whatever we can give them with our thanks. Now, stop posting things like this because it hurts me to have to agree with you since, y’know, I’m either a redneck or incredibly rich and never worked a day in my life. Gosh, I wish I fit that second stereotype!
I don’t think it goes far enough. In 1996, a bill was passed to provide VA health care for all veterans (not just veterans with military related disabilities) but was suspended in 2003 to new enrollments.
With all the veterans coming back from IRAQ and Afghanistan, I think the VA should again provide health care for all veterans.
Its a great bill, but wont receive republican support, simply because republicans talk a great game when it comes to veterans, but don’t want to pay to support them.
What a great bill. Not surprised that this Democrat fights for Veterans’ rights. He has a huge number of constituents who are military members. He has several Naval and Air Force bases in his district.
iz huping dat da cungressman is getang dead. Iz gud idea?
I think that the Republicans won’t support it. They only support troops with talking points & bumper stickers.
I want to see the costs and the “how” of it. Nice bullet points, but nothing is expanded so this is nothing but pandering at best.
AF Veteran
Uh oh, conservatives won’t like this.
Too little too late
I’d have to read more about it… but I don’t have a problem with anything you have listed here.
It’s good… but was original introduced in the Bush administration, and tabled since 2007 by the Democrat congress…. It has bi-partisan support… but I’m sure will get reduced in committee as before as the Congress uses the spending elsewhere.
Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) recently wrote that today’s G.I. Bill is “a reasonable enlistment incentive for peacetime service, but it is an insufficient reward for wartime service today.” Indeed, on his first official day in office in January 2007, Webb introduced Senate Bill 22 — “a mirror of the World War II G.I. Bill” — in an effort to bridge the gap between today’s G.I. benefits and rising tuitions costs. While Webb’s measure has since stalled, a bipartisan Senate coalition including Webb, Hagel, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Sen. John Warner (R-VA) yesterday reintroduced a revised version of S. 22 (H.R. 2707) to advance a “21st Century G.I. Bill.”
The real kick in the nuts is VA case workers are given bonus’s and raises and promotions based on cases cleared off their desk.
There is a point system they have this promotes “pencil whipping” for profit by the workers.
I would change right off the bat how that is done.
I would tie their promotions and such to a point system based solely on vet feedback after the case is resolved. the vet would have to fill out a questionnaire to get final release of benefits (insuring total input) and the case worker would be graded on that performance review.
See how fast you start getting involved caring attentive case workers then.
Our vets deserve no less.
As a Veteran and a hater of Dims I will answer your questions line by line since you seem confused:
The first 5 are already in place, but the VA is so much of a Charlie Foxtrot it is hard to get anything done…
Dims love to Tax
I agree with that…
Already in place…but Limp Wristed Liberals stand in the way of that…
They already get a lot of money…$1000 is a drop in the bucket…
You can thank Clinton for there not being enough Troops
Bush gave us more pay raises than anyone…ask Obama and the Dims in Congress why they only gave the Troops a 2% pay raise this year…under Bush we were averaging 5% or more…
Liberal Hippies are the only ones that don’t honor us…go to the Airport in your area, I bet the most of the people welcoming Soldiers back are Conservative…
The GI Bill we have now is great
I can agree with that
There is already something the Bush put in place
For NG and Reservist, only if they are activated…no other time
Not for it, unless they are activated…why should a Weekend Warrior get the same benefits as someone who is a Soldier 24/7/365?
It is already happening
Once again why should Weekend Warriors recieve the same benefits as Active Duty…they shouldn’t unless they are activated
Most of this stuff is already in place…I am very leary of anything a lying, cheating, money hungry Dim is for…ask around 70% plus of us hate Dims and we really hate Clinton…and Obama is getting there with his small pay raises to us…but he is handing billions to the lazy unwashed masses..nice try there…
I think THIS is exactly why our National Debt is so jacked up. I served 6 years in the miliary, it was MY decision and I certainly didn’t do it to bilk the American people (and that is exactly who will end up paying for these costs).
At some point in time you have to realize that a) resources are limited / scarce & b) because of that we can’t necessary give people what they “deserve”. After all, if Veterans are “hero’s” than why stop here. Why not give me a free house & $2,000,000. Hey, maybe make my future income “tax free”. Hell, I’m good with that.
The only “additional” support (IMO) are for those that have suffered service related injuries (physical / psychological). We can certainly do MORE for these individuals. But people that have served honorable, gotten out with-out much in the way of injuries..well I was pretty well compensated. I used my GI Bill to improve myself and am now pulling in 75k.