https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/the-hire-more-heroes-act-is-misguided-there-is-no-veterans-unemployment-crisis <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Last week, the House of Representatives unanimously approved the Hire More Heroes Act, which would exempt businesses from counting newly hired military veterans toward the 50-worker threshold at which they must provide health insurance or pay a fine under the Affordable Care Act. Although the bill calls veterans “heroes,” it treats them as victims.<br /><br />The logic behind the bill is simple: Why not give small businesses seeking to avoid the ACA’s “employer mandate” an incentive to hire veterans, who can get health-care coverage through Tricare and the Department of Veterans Affairs? And like most initiatives aimed at assisting military veterans, the bill is well intentioned. But as a matter of public policy, it is based on a faulty premise, sets a counterproductive goal and, on top of it all, is poorly named.<br /><br />Americans may be shocked to learn that there is no veterans’ unemployment crisis. The unemployment rate in 2014 for post-9/11 veterans was 7.2 percent, the lowest level in seven years of tracking these veterans.<br /><br />Source: The Washington Post Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:02:17 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/the-hire-more-heroes-act-is-misguided-there-is-no-veterans-unemployment-crisis <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Last week, the House of Representatives unanimously approved the Hire More Heroes Act, which would exempt businesses from counting newly hired military veterans toward the 50-worker threshold at which they must provide health insurance or pay a fine under the Affordable Care Act. Although the bill calls veterans “heroes,” it treats them as victims.<br /><br />The logic behind the bill is simple: Why not give small businesses seeking to avoid the ACA’s “employer mandate” an incentive to hire veterans, who can get health-care coverage through Tricare and the Department of Veterans Affairs? And like most initiatives aimed at assisting military veterans, the bill is well intentioned. But as a matter of public policy, it is based on a faulty premise, sets a counterproductive goal and, on top of it all, is poorly named.<br /><br />Americans may be shocked to learn that there is no veterans’ unemployment crisis. The unemployment rate in 2014 for post-9/11 veterans was 7.2 percent, the lowest level in seven years of tracking these veterans.<br /><br />Source: The Washington Post PV2 Daniel Shipley Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:02:17 -0500 2015-02-05T22:02:17-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/the-hire-more-heroes-act-is-misguided-there-is-no-veterans-unemployment-crisis?n=459257&urlhash=459257 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm a free market guy. Veterans should compete in the market like everyone else for jobs. They can negotiate higher wages because of the lack of need to be given insurance or whatever the issue of the day is. When it comes down to it, the military gives skills which may or may not be marketable on the outside. But that decision was a voluntary choice. Let the best qualified get the job. And if someone doesn't want to hire you because you're a vet, do you really want to work there? SSG Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:48:19 -0500 2015-02-06T14:48:19-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/the-hire-more-heroes-act-is-misguided-there-is-no-veterans-unemployment-crisis?n=459344&urlhash=459344 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lip service. What about us veterans that don't have health insurance through the VA or Tri-Care? If there was really a crisis, why not bring back the Civilian Conservation Corps to help our crumbling infrastructure? PO2 Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:44:17 -0500 2015-02-06T15:44:17-05:00 2015-02-05T22:02:17-05:00