Probably one of the few budget items they could cut without stepping on the toes of a weapons manufacturer or lobbyist. If those impacted by this and their supporters make enough noise, something will happen. The right is already using this in their attack campaign on Obama. I've seen a lot of chatter on FB and other places with memes about Obama cutting tuition for the troops while increasing it for illegals.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well the Secretaries of each of the branches that suspended the program made > the decision, and I suspect it was not a decision made overnight. It was very > shortly after sequestration kicked in, so this is something that had to have > been in the works for a while. I am sure we will never know the true > motivation for this action, but it was a very unpopular one to say the least. > It's interesting that the military wants smarter enlisted members, and for > almost all career service members, higher education is really no longer an > option, it a requirement. So it's kind of akin to shooting yourself in the > foot regarding suspending one of the programs to help service members get the > higher educate their respective service requires. > To be honest though, I doubt that this one instance will prompt either the > legislative or executive branches to speed up the budget process. > > Bruce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
