Posted on 09/28/2012 6:34:24 AM PDT by garykfd
any one have any comments on the senate stopping a vets jobs bill? I read the text and it doesn't look to be much help more like a political ploy. I am in an argument with a land of fruits and nuts guy and am running out of ammo to overcome his feed the world attitude
This is what I found:
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/250391-gop-kills-veterans-jobs-bill-with-budget-vote
I know some of my veteran friends on Facebook are pissed about it. I looked up the bill and it had non-veteran issues tied to it as well, such as the ability of the IRS to take away your passport for owed taxes. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN03457:@@@L&summ2=m&; and http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.3457:
Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma said the federal government already has six job-training programs for veterans and there is no way to know how well they are working. He argued that making progress on the country’s debt was the best way to help veterans in the long-term.
The Montgomery G.I. Bill - Active Duty
The Montgomery G.I. Bill - Selected Reserve
Veteran’s Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)
Veteran’s Upward Bound
Veteran’s Employment and Training
I am a veteran.
Anyone who went in to get pork from congress was in for the wrong reason.
Its a bad bill which we have no money to pay for, and I really don’t care who pointing that out pisses off.
He’s probably correct; on his part this is a tactical error and if he wants to truly help veteran employment at least within the federal government one way to do it would be to pass a law stipulating veteran preferance trumps affirmative action goals every time.
He’s probably correct; on his part this is a tactical error and if he wants to truly help veteran employment at least within the federal government one way to do it would be to pass a law stipulating veteran preferance trumps affirmative action goals every time.
It not that Republicians didn’t want it, quite the opposite, they would like a better bill. One, that clean and paid for. Nuf Said...
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