TA could be funded 10 times over if 1 fewer F-35 was ordered. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I signed that last week, and posted it to facebook, with a lot of my family > and friends also signing it. > > This is NOT where to cut. > > (of course, the military/fed gov should strike a deal with universities to > provide for veterans gratis, and save a lot of the "you give me money, I > give you money" swapping that goes on). > > > > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> So, myself along with over one hundred thousand service members have >> signed a petition on We The People, a White House run site that allows >> citizens to generate petitions. So now we wait to see if this works. >> >> Today this was in the news: >> >> The White House will have to consider reinstating tuition assistance for >> troops after a petition on its official website garnered more than 100,000 >> signatures. >> >> A petition titled Reinstate Military Tuition Assistance and block the >> Armed Service Branches from any further suspension of TA was posted March >> 8 on We the people. >> >> This White House-run website invites Americans to start petitions on >> issues important to them. If a petition is able to get enough online >> signatures, the White House staff has to review it. President Obama will >> sometimes respond himself. >> >> The TA petition needed 100,000 signatures to force an official response >> and has already reached more than 112,300. You can read the petition here ( >> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reinstate-military-tuition-assistance-ta-and-block-armed-service-branches-any-further-suspension-ta/kSyVdySm >> ). >> >> Reinstating TA should be accomplished by Executive Order as Commander in >> Chief, the petition states. >> >> In spite of our countries current economic situation and the polarizing >> politics involved, Service Member benefits such as Tuition Assistance >> should not be compromised as a result. Access to Higher Education is >> important to Service Members as it allows for career and professional >> advancement. >> >> The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have all suspended TA >> for the year as a way to cut costs. Navy officials are still considering >> their options and have not made a d >> >> > >
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