A Pentagon initiative that would allow career service members to share GI Bill education benefits with a spouse or children was opposed Monday by the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, a World War II veteran who used the GI Bill to go to college, said he does not believe giving veterans benefits to family members is a good idea.

With all due respect to the Hawaiian Senator, and his service to this country, it looks like he is out of touch with today's military. People do join the military today just for the benefits that their family can receive. Many of them would stay in longer if it meant that their children could use their GI Bill to go to college. Why is the government so reluctant to let our veterans use the benefits that they worked so hard for to help their families?

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