Unemployment ran out for veterans too!

A reminder of who the Congress is actually talking about aside from just average folks looking for work.

John Boehner said he told President Barack Obama a month ago that another extension of temporary emergency unemployment benefits "should not only be paid for but include something to help put people back to work. To date, the president has offered no such plan. If he does, I'll be happy to discuss it, but right now the House is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving America's unemployed the independence that only comes from finding a good job."

Considering the House has been whining about no jobs when it suits them, they have done nothing to pass any bills to create them. Funding? Well there is another point Boehner missed. They didn't pay for the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan and they sure haven't paid the veterans for their service either. That service has left many out of the military due to cut backs created by congress. Now these folks are unemployed but what makes it even worse is they have to hear jerks telling them they don't deserve help to pay their bills and support their families until they find a job.

But the unemployment rate for veterans who have served since 9/11 stood at 10 percent, with 246,000 out of work. That's the same rate as it was a year ago, and it's a higher jobless rate than it is for non-veterans, after adjusting for age and demographic factors. That is, even when you factor in the dismal U.S. economy, recent veterans are still having trouble finding work.

The report argues that these problems need to be addressed soon, since the number of veterans is expected to rise sharply in the coming years: "Each year the military separates between 240,000 and 360,000 service members, and as we draw down from the war in Afghanistan, the military is expected to separate a million service members over the next several years." Washington Post, November 11, 2013