Per Bush and McCain a GI Bill of Goods on a GI Bill for Good

Many, so many of our brave troops fighting, and sometimes dying or suffering in Iraq and Afghanistan enlisted to serve the country and also better themselves. And this betterment was to be in the form of a college education which many or most of our volunteers couldn’t afford. The glitch is this: that the monies given to said men and women when discharged leaves them short, often considerably so, of the dollars needed to actually attend their state colleges. Where the new GI Bill, sponsored by Chuck Hagel-(R), Nebraska and Jim Webb-(D), Virginia both hardened veterans of Vietnam comes in, is that after a three (3) year hitch, those leaving our country’s service actually, really get enough funds to cover tuition and housing at their state universities. This possible, dare we say, probable legislation has just passed The House and The Senate with veto proof majorities. President Bush is not happy with this nor is his would be Republican successor, John (very much) McSame. Their “rationale”, pardon, we have to use quotes, is that the new GI Bill would be “too generous” and one study according to Mr. McCain shows that 16% more of those enlisted would leave because of that opportunity. Really, because in the right wing tradition of a complete sentence as opposed to a complete truth, they “forgot” that said study showed additional enlistments would increase by 16 percent. So, let’s see, 16 minus 16 equals . . . . .
So this means no loss in service numbers, but a gain in the education level of those soldiers returning to private life. Is there any reason people like Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain don’t want a more educated populace voting in current and future elections?