G.I. Bill

In President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday he touched on the subject of the G.I. Bill, which offers educational benefits to memebers of the military. He asked Congress to pass legislation that allows members of the military to transfer their G.I. Bill education benefits to spouses and children. I do not see how or why this should not be passed. Each member of military service can contribute to it and receive benefits, provided their service was completed under honorable conditions. So if a veteran contributed to the G.I. Bill and gets a job right after service he/she might not want to, or need to use their benefits. The service members contribute to it, it should be their choice to use it or allow their spouse and or child to use it. If I weren't using my benefits now I would certainly want my future children to be able to use them. College isn't cheap and it would be nice to know that if I had to, I could rely on the G.I. Bill to help provide my family with a good education.