Unemployed Veteran: Wow, I'm So Happy The Unemployment Rate Dropped
The following is an opinion piece written by Jason Sievers, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan now living in his parent's basement.
Hey, did you hear the news? The unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans was only 7.5 percent in April. That's down from 9.25 in March.
I must say, I'm absolutely ecstatic. In fact, I helped do my part to lower that percentage.
No, I didn't get a job.
Sure, I've been looking around quite a bit, and there are plenty of well-regarded positions open as a truck driver or a cashier at McDonalds. Hell, with my extensive infantry experience — with multiple firefights and bombs blowing me up in Iraq and Afghanistan — I could easily get a job as a security contractor so I can go and get in multiple firefights and have bombs blow me up in Syria or Pakistan.
But I digress.
What I mean is: I did my part to lower the unemployment rate, because I just ran out of unemployment checks last week. I just dropped out of the labor force. It's all because I'm so encouraged there are …
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