The Growing Problem Of Jobless Vets

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After Fighting for His Country, Iraq Vet Fights For A Job -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — Eric Smith calls himself one of the lucky ones, returning home from the war in Iraq in 2008 with two arms and two legs.

But his luck has yet to produce a full-time job. In the past year, the 26-year-old Baltimore veteran has found part-time work as a bartender — which paid $4 an hour, plus tips — and as a mail sorter, which paid $8 an hour. And when he was desperate enough for income, he volunteered to be a test patient in a drug study, which earned him $1,200 for a four-night hospital stay.

It's not exactly what Smith had in mind.

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My Comment: Mind you .... the U.S. economy has been in the toilet for the past 3 years. But .... as the wars wind down in Afghanistan and Iraq, I can only assume that this problem will be getting worse.