GI Bill benefits legislation

[Dill]

(05-10-2017, 12:46 PM)Au165 Wrote: Do military personnel pay taxes? As it was already pointed out there is nothing taken away. They are changing what they are signing up for, which is in fact different. If they don't like the deal being offered they do not need to take it by enlisting. The issue is if they don't find a way to offset the costs it may simply disappear. Letting great be the enemy of good is a way for things to get really bad.

Au, we have a volunteer military now, right? One purpose of the GI Bill now is provide incentive to enlistment. It is hard to imagine the GI Bill simply disappearing.

If the military cannot compete with civilian opportunities, isn't it more likely the military would disappear? Or some equally expensive substitute would have to be found. Or at least conscription would have to reappear.