Young vets joining unemployment lines

[banana republican]

Young veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are having a harder time finding a job than their peers who didn’t serve in the military.

Last year, about one in six veterans between 20 and 24 was jobless, nearly double the rate for nonveterans their age. It was brighter in the second quarter of this year, when young vets had an 11.2 percent jobless rate, but that was still higher than the 8 percent for nonvets their age and more than twice the overall unemployment rate.

Labor and veterans officials are surveying young vets to try to find out why. But experts have some theories:

•Some veterans are entering the work force for the first time and aren’t adept at explaining their military skills to civilian employers.

•Some who saw combat in Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, which makes it difficult for them to work and makes employers leery of hiring them.

•Permanent jobs that offer middle-class wages and benefits are scarcer these days in some regions.

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.airforcetimes.com%2Fstory.php%3Ff%3D1-292925-1979792.php

[Monkeyman]

1. They are joining the Homeless too

250 found some with families in toll

[uppityperson]

2. these poor young people, used, abused, abandoned

support the troops after they return home from the problems caused by their service time and experiences

[Monkeyman]

3. We are trying to help

Bush won't vets will. Midwest Veterans Homeless Shelter started by this guy with our help

www.enger4rep.org

[UrbScotty]

4. So much for Republicans "supporting the troops" (nt)

[Moderator]

5. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2415445