After enticing hundreds of thousands of veterans with new benefits, the new GI Bill is experiencing major problems.
The Department of Veteran Affairs, which runs the GI benefits program, has delayed thousands of benefit checks, which is having a monumental effect on the livelihood of student-veterans nationwide.
The GI Bill allows veterans who have served in the American armed forces after Sept. 10, 2001, to attend college, with the government picking up the tab for tuition, books and housing.
More than 277,000 veterans applied for assistance through the bill, but as a result of antiquated technology and the sheer abundance of applicants, the government only has issued benefit checks to about 33,000 veterans. This simply is unacceptable.
Our nation's veterans deserve the highest respect. They have put their lives on the line for our nation, while our government isn't even able to cut them a check ...
...(I)f this is how our government treats our nation's finest, what does that say about how they treat everyone else?
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