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New GI Bill answers

armytimes.com — Just more than a year from now, on Aug. 1, 2009, veterans' education benefits will undergo a life-changing transformation that will make a four-year college degree suddenly affordable for a new generation of wartime veterans. Learn when benefits start, who will qualify and how much you may get

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  • MadOgre, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Still, with the new plan... it's not enough. These guys deserve more. Much more.
    • rewinn, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1You got that right! The original GI bill would put you through professional school (e.g. doctor, lawyer) if you had the academic chops. This bill goes only for a batchelor's which is not nothing, but functionally it does what a high-school degree used to --- make you employable in most firms. The original GI Bill built this great nation in the 1950s + 60s; the new one will at least slow our slide.
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