The better question is, just who was first responsible for making changes to the long standing Montgomery GI Bill that helped pay the cost of the returning veteran's education at 100%? As a returning Viet Nam era veteran I was informed that I had only 10 years to take advantage of the long standing bill as new legislation was in place called the Veterans Education Assistance Program that required a co-pay from the veteran. If I am not mistaken LBJ wanted to do away with college assistance programs in the 60's because he said anyone could take advantage of the vast scope of the War on Poverty assistance programs, but he reluctantly signed into law an extension of the popular Vet Program, sometime between Johnson's administration and the Reagan administration the Veterans Benefit programs were gutted and reestablished with far less "actual" benefits, it could have only came at the hands of a liberal congress as they held total control of both houses well up into the 90s, now we are to believe that it is the conservatives that are to blame for such wanton disregard for veterans and their benefits?

All anyone has to do is look into history actual to conclude exactly which group of politicians are found guilty of stripping all the monetary benefits from the dept. of defense they can so as to redistribute them into the social arena. Now the drums are beating again, of course close to a general election, indicating just how concerned the liberals are for the welfare of the returning war vet.....HAVING LIVED THOUGH SUCH A CONFLICT AND HAVING THE FUNDS VOTED OUT FROM UNDER OUR MILITARY TO LIMIT OUR SUPPLIES WHILE WERE STILL IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, I for one can attest to the loyalty of any liberal congress when they believe a few votes are at stake, as they voted in the early 70's to limit the funding going to support combat troops in the field, thus all I have to say is.......YEA RIGHT!, they certainly have the best interest of our veterans in their hearts. Hell, all you have to do is look at recent history, just who was threatening to withdraw all funding form our troops while they still were in a combat situation, just in the past two years? Who do they believe they are fooling with this election year ploy? BD