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I do not oppose this benefit for veterans, but I am completely pissed off that the ReThugs in the Wisconsin legislature will not fund the benefit. This is the worst sort of pandering.

The waiver, worth an estimated $6 million to $8 million a year for the UW System and nearly $2 million a year for the technical school system, comes with no additional financial support from the Legislature.

& it does the veterans no good to be supporting the party that talks big about honoring them, but when it comes time to pay, in 2004, looks the other way. Or in 2005 actually says the benefits are hurtful.

The Wall Street Journal describes the pittance set aside for veteran's benefits as "Congress' generosity," even as the Republican-controlled Congress and Bush Pentagon get set to slash billions more from Veterans Administration's (VA) programs. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (1-25-05), Pentagon official David Chu, in a mockery of the contribution of veterans, defended a new round of cuts by ironically describing funding for programs like veterans' education and job training, health care, pensions, VA housing and the like as "hurtful" to national security.