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The American Jobs Act: Putting Veterans Back To Work

Posted by msilverstein on September 13, 2011 Comments Off

This past Thursday, President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress and spoke about putting America back to work. The President unveiled “The American Jobs Act”. I was particularly excited about the sections which focus on helping our returning Veterans find employment.

President Obama is proposing a Returning Heroes Tax Credit of up to $5,600 for business that hire an unemployed Veteran who has been looking for a job for more than six months. President Obama is also creating a Wounded Warriors Tax Credit of up to $9,600 for businesses that hire unemployed Veterans with service connected disabilities who have been looking for a job for more than six months. The American Jobs Act will also create a new task force to maximize career readiness of service members.

With unemployment among young veterans at nearly 27%, this act will greatly assist young veterans in their job search. This section of the Presidents speech was one of the only parts of the address that received bipartisan applause. I commend the President for having the vision to help our nations Veterans get back to work.

Our Veterans have risked their lives to defend our freedom, ensuring that they have an easier time finding a job upon return home is the least we can do as a nation. I urge all members of the Young Democrats of America to call your members of Congress and urge them to pass The American Jobs Act RIGHT AWAY!

Matthew Silverstein

YDA Veterans & Military Affairs Caucus Chair

NY-9 Special Election: Help send a Democrat to Congress tomorrow

Posted by rsnyder on September 12, 2011 Comments Off

Are you sick and tired of the Republican led Congress dragging their feet while millions of Americans are out of work? Wouldn’t you like to see Democrats take back the House?

Tomorrow, in New York’s 9th Congressional District, voters will go to the polls to elect a new member of Congress. With only a little more than 24 hours to go, the race is very close. The Democratic candidate is pledging to support the President Obama’s job creation plan, while the Republican offers only another vote for Speaker John Boehner and the obstructionist Tea Party agenda.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has built a Phone-From-Home program that allows supporters to call into New York’s 9th District right from their own living room.

Click here if you can spend 20 minutes on Monday or Tuesday calling voters in New York.

We need leaders in Congress who will be part of the solution, not part of the problem. We need men and women who will fight to strengthen our economy by bringing jobs back to our communities. The next national election is 14 months away and Republicans in Congress are content with doing nothing until then. We need leaders in Washington focused on putting America back to work today, not the politics of tomorrow.

Sign up here to join the thousands of Young Democrats across the country who are calling into NY-9.

Tomorrow is Election Day in New York. Let’s do everything we can to make sure this seat remains in Democratic control.

Best Regards,

Marshall Spevak
Campaign Director
Young Democrats of America