GI Bill history: the 'idleness panic' of 1944 may be wrong about ASI too
krishnan · x · 2026-11-04
Drawing on history: the GI Bill nearly died in 1944 over $20/week for jobless vets, critics claiming it would kill the urge to work. Less than 20% was used for that; 7.8M of 16M vets chose school or training instead. The idleness panic was wrong then — and likely wrong about ASI.
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