http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/03/31/john-mccain-and-military-retention-killers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-mccain-and-military-retention-killers @TAC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/03/31/john-mccain-and-military-retention-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-31099 buveti Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:13:46 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/03/31/john-mccain-and-military-retention-killers/#comment-31099 "The current Montgomery GI Bill, which covers vets who served after 1985, is flawed as it requires vets to “pay in” $1,200 of their soldier pay (non-recoverable) to the system and has not been adjusted for inflation. In other words, a typical four-year state school costs about $1,900 a month, while the Montgomery GI Bill pays about $1,110, and that’s without books or boarding. The maximum benefit under Montgomery is $9,675 a year." How much is real? “The current Montgomery GI Bill, which covers vets who served after 1985, is flawed as it requires vets to “pay in” $1,200 of their soldier pay (non-recoverable) to the system and has not been adjusted for inflation. In other words, a typical four-year state school costs about $1,900 a month, while the Montgomery GI Bill pays about $1,110, and that’s without books or boarding. The maximum benefit under Montgomery is $9,675 a year.”
How much is real?

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/03/31/john-mccain-and-military-retention-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-1645 David Drumm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:06:28 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/03/31/john-mccain-and-military-retention-killers/#comment-1645 Retention killer. Unbelievable. Retention killer. Unbelievable.

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