Army, Marine Corps Cancel Their Tuition Assistance Programs …But Illegal Aliens to Receive Financial Aid
From Gateway Pundit:
The Blaze reported:
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps have pulled the plug on their tuition assistance programs one week after across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration went into effect.Soldiers and Marines will be able to finish up courses they’ve already started, but they won’t be able to enroll in new courses, the Defense Department announced.“This suspension is necessary given the significant budget execution challenges caused by the combined effects of a possible year-long continuing resolution and sequestration,” Pentagon Army spokesman Paul Prince told Stars and Stripes. “The Army understands the impacts of this action and will re-evaluate should the budgetary situation improve.”According to Stars and Stripes, the Army’s program allowed for soldiers to complete a high school diploma, certificate program or college or master’s degree with the service paying all tuition and fees up to $4,500 per fiscal year.
Meanwhile, more than 20,000 California illegal aliens are seeking state financial aid for the first time under the state’s new Dream Act. And, the Colorado House just passed legislation to lower tuition for illegal aliens.
3 comments:
My USMC cousin -- not a lifer -- gets out this month and was planning to go to college.
So much for that.
Makes sense. The Obama administration is going to make this as painful as possible. Because, as President Obama is always reminding us "It is the right thing to do."
Since the tuition assistance is a major incentive for enrolling in the army in the first place, now is the time for an entire regiment, preferably in a war zone, to walk out. Claim breach of contract. The government is deliberately acting with malice to hurt the little guys, fat cats as usual are all OK.
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