{"id":57750,"date":"2015-01-19T14:46:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57750"},"modified":"2015-01-19T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T19:46:50","slug":"gudmundsson-the-hire-more-heroes-act-is-misguided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57750","title":{"rendered":"Gudmundsson: The Hire More Heroes Act is misguided"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter A. Gudmundsson, a former Marine artillery officer writes in the Washington Post that “The Hire More Heroes Act is misguided. There is no veterans\u2019 unemployment crisis.<\/a>” The Hire More Heroes Act simply exempts numbers of veterans in a business’ count of the 50-worker threshold at which they must provide health insurance or pay a fine under the Affordable Care Act. Simple, huh? Most veterans already get their healthcare from Tricare or the VA, so why not give the folks who hire them a break – well, unless you approve of the “taxation” of the Obamacare plan.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gudmundsson, however says that this particular bill treats veterans like victims;<\/p>\n

Companies live or die based on their ability to find intelligent, hard-working employees. It would be foolish to hire someone based on a financial incentive if that person were not likely to excel; the costs would outweigh the gains. Quality drives hiring, not a health-care head-count exemption.<\/p>\n

The irony is that one of the few topics that can unite both sides of the aisle in Congress is veterans\u2019 affairs. Yet lawmakers are harnessing bipartisan good intentions to pass a bill whose most significant legacy would be to increase the federal deficit by nearly $900 million. There is simply no need for Congress to turn veterans into a cynical \u201cexemption\u201d in the otherwise flourishing market for high-quality human capital. The idea that veterans require or deserve special treatment is anachronistic, counterproductive and insulting. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who is to say that employers wouldn’t hire this nebulous veteran we’re discussing regardless? Lord knows that the Washington Post, CNN, and countless other media outlets have given employers enough reasons to NOT hire a veteran with their focus on the bad things a small number of veterans do. Why not give a veteran a break in this regard. Certainly, no employer is going to hire a completely unqualified candidate based solely on their tax status.<\/p>\n

I’ll agree that a lot of legislation that comes out of Congress in regards to veteran employment is pretty useless, and this one is in that mix, too, but the only reason to oppose this one is purely political opposition to anything that creates a loophole for a business to avoid participation in the Affordable Care Act. It helps small businesses avoid excess taxation. <\/p>\n

Mr. Gudmundsson should be more honest about his opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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