Atta boy Bob, the 112th Congressional House, chaired under now tepublican majority is right back to the 108th and 109th Congresses, already have tried cutting budget items from the VA, while the two wars of choice continue and soldiers of return to our veterans ranks seeking what the country owes them for their service to same and our Constitution. Unlike the 110th and 111th which tried to do what wasn't, not only not done but even mentioned, in those previous two congresses, as soldiers were sent into two theaters, but also took on long ignored issues of us older vets and the Veterans Administrations decades long ignored needs!
September 17, 2011 - Executives from more than 20 companies traded ideas on hiring more military veterans in this tough economy during an employment summit Monday hosted by the House Veterans Affairs Committee.Before a single idea could be shared, however, executives watched uncomfortably for 10 minutes as their hosts exchanged insults. Rep. Bob Filner of California, the ranking Democrat, started the rhubarb. Soon drawn in was a very angry chairman, Republican Jeff Miller of Florida.
The scene reinforced the notion that the 112th Congress is the most divisive in recent memory. The type of bitter exchange that serves as entertainment on the 24-hour cable news circuit was allowed to open a pro-veteran event arranged by a committee once known for bipartisanship.
After a cordial opening statement, explaining why he and Filner had arranged the summit, to learn from companies that hire thousands of skilled veterans, Miller yielded "to my good friend," the ranking member.
Filner, who had chaired the committee until Republicans gained majority status in the House last January, immediately raised doubt over the value of the summit given that Republicans refuse to pass a jobs bill and instead recite what he called their mantra that only the private sector can create jobs.
Filner called that claim "patently ridiculous," citing hefty employment rolls at Veterans Affairs, as one example, and noting that VA creates thousands of jobs through its various construction projects.
"The president suggested in his speech the other day that we create tax incentives for the private sector to hire veterans. I would like to hear from all of you about what you think of that," Filner told the executives, though he soon would leave them without asking a single question.
His criticism of Miller continued a while longer, however, as he explained how he wrote a letter to Miller urging that the committee hold a hearing on tax incentives to hire veterans.
"I think you answered my letter that, no, we're not going to take that up," he told Miller. "To say that we don't have any role in this is just ridiculous," Filner continued. Congress could, for example, mandate that federal contractors adopt veterans' preference in hiring their workers. read more>>>
As those war profiteers who ordered are still profiteering and not only on books, their wealthy class does as well, directly or indirectly, and none are taxed to boot!
No Sacrifice now a decade plus long added to the previous decades!!
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