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Per Kootchman… “You can have your “jobs” bill… what are you going to cut to actually pay for it?”
Modeled on FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corp that put thousands of people back to work in the Great Depression, the Veterans Jobs Corp Act would have created jobs for over 720,000 unemployed veterans, including the more than 225,000 post 9/11 vets, ranging from jobs in law enforcement to conservation work to national parks employment to firefighting.
The billion-dollar price tag spread out over the next five years was to be paid for by money recovered from tax-delinquent Medicare providers and forcing big tax deadbeats to pay up before receiving passports. Believe it or not, there is big money going after these guys.
Right now the unemployment numbers for veterans stands at nearly 11%, compared to 8.1% for the rest of the work force. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who is the chief sponsor of the bill, explained the unemployment problem will only grow “as we draw down in Afghanistan, just like we have already drawn down in Iraq.