Entry 5

Republican Objections to spending in veterans jobs bill blocks election-year legislation

Washington Post, September 20, 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-objections-to-spending-in-veterans-jobs-bill-blocks-election-year-legislation/2012/09/19/d3acf5dc-02b7-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html

Summary

Republican and Democrat senators are struggling for passing a bill for supporting veterans in a way of curving the unemployment rate of veterans. Democrats favor this bill since it is obviously valid for the government to support the veterans who worked for the nation, while Republicans worry that this bill requires too much budget that it would not be able to support veterans in the next year due to the lack of budget. Even though it would be impossible to be passed in the House of Representatives, Democrats are still raising their voice that veteran support is imperative regardless of budget problem, and even some of republicans tend to support this bill in regard for their glorious feats. 

My thoughts

Even though veteran support is one of the necessary social security service that the government must provide for the veterans who worked in the war field for national security, it is too excessive to pour budgets on this year support even by reducing the budgets for the next year support. The Democrats ought to realize that there is a limitation in budget, and both parties as well as the House need to find out the most effective support agendas using that limited budget efficiently. In addition, since veterans are usually not able to earn for living as they do not have a constant income source, the support must be sustainable though it is meager. As a matter of fact, Democrats ought to rethink about the best solution that is able to be implemented rather than the high-cost employment agenda.