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Obama's push to hire veterans into federal jobs fuels resentment
Stars And Stripes, from Washington Post ^ | 9-15-14 | Lisa Rein

Posted on 09/16/2014 3:16:24 PM PDT by Route797

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To: Route797

Veterans preference has been around forever. Dislike of the military has been around forever..


21 posted on 09/16/2014 4:25:07 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: BenLurkin

The issue is government bureaucracy. Staff it with angels and it will turn into hell. The socialist notion that the system just needs the right people to make it work is crap. Apparently “conservatives” have the same faith in the federal leviathan.


22 posted on 09/16/2014 4:51:54 PM PDT by all the best
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To: Route797

I am a White Vet, 70+ or like RR said 24 celcius.

As a rule, I believe in ‘merit’ hiring with a few exceptions.

Possibly Affirmative Action may have had a little merit in regards to quality of education and other little hidden things up through the 50s and 60s.

Of course, when the other ‘working’ class ethnic people ‘moved up’ a stage, it was basically done on their own.

I will not be so naive to not admit that a job or two I may have gotten because I was White and could put a couple of sentences together -I may not have been the most ‘qualified’ candidate but my Gender, Ethnicity added to being a Vet made me hirable.

I did believe in the VA Loan for a house for Vets seeing how a lot of us were serving and getting a step or two behind as to job seniority and earning ability.

And all that did was VA would guarantee the loan and a down payment could be waived.

I never took advantage of the GI Bill for college.


23 posted on 09/16/2014 5:21:08 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) If you can't convince them, confuse them.)
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To: Route797

Very glad I already retired from the federal government.


24 posted on 09/16/2014 6:20:14 PM PDT by Poundstone (A recent Federal retiree and proud of it!)
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To: skeeter

Great post.


25 posted on 09/16/2014 6:46:24 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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2009. But I believe the full implementation of the plan took another year or two.


26 posted on 09/16/2014 9:19:15 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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