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**BegeMoT** · 06-21-2012, 09:07 AM

AJ - sorry, I'll get to you tomorrow or so when I get a chance.

Peolple don't take my money under false pretenses. I do research before getting myself into things that are going to cost me money.

Would you KNOW if you were sold something under false pretenses? When your doctor prescribes you some meds, do you pore over every ingredient that went into it? Do you go to the meat processing plant and personally watch the cows being ground up into your cheeseburger? Do you go to the Indian sweatshop and personnally inspect your child's toys on the assembly line? Standards and regulations exist so you and I as customers can safely purchase day-to-day items without being an *expert* in that field.

I don't see this as a benefit. This is the government telling businesses what they have to do for their customers in a free market society. What they have to do is provide the service they advertised, in the quality they advertised.

The GI Bill exists because integration of veterans into the civilian workforce was deemed important enough to spend taxpayers' dollars on. If a school uses that money, it needs to guarantee that the money is being spent towards that intended use. If I fail a class, I need to reimburse the VA. By the same logic, if the school fails to meet the standards set forth, they should also be held accountable.

06-21-2012, 09:07 AM	#31
BegeMoT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	AJ - sorry, I'll get to you tomorrow or so when I get a chance. Peolple don't take my money under false pretenses. I do research before getting myself into things that are going to cost me money. Would you KNOW if you were sold something under false pretenses? When your doctor prescribes you some meds, do you pore over every ingredient that went into it? Do you go to the meat processing plant and personally watch the cows being ground up into your cheeseburger? Do you go to the Indian sweatshop and personnally inspect your child's toys on the assembly line? Standards and regulations exist so you and I as customers can safely purchase day-to-day items without being an expert in that field. I don't see this as a benefit. This is the government telling businesses what they have to do for their customers in a free market society. What they have to do is provide the service they advertised, in the quality they advertised. The GI Bill exists because integration of veterans into the civilian workforce was deemed important enough to spend taxpayers' dollars on. If a school uses that money, it needs to guarantee that the money is being spent towards that intended use. If I fail a class, I need to reimburse the VA. By the same logic, if the school fails to meet the standards set forth, they should also be held accountable.
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