A hand up, not a hand out

[gog8tors]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/21/arizona-parks-program-helps-homeless-veterans-become-rangers/?intcmp=latestnews

Under a program the state launched in partnership with a host of public and private agencies to put homeless veterans to work, he is earning $12 an hour and living in a FEMA trailer. He is taking part in the Arizona Action Plan to End Homelessness Among Veterans, and he said it has changed his life.

 

[unionmom]

Now that is the kind of thing that I can get behind. Taxpayer money but ... we're getting something for our $. He is actually working and earning that money.


(I happen to be a big fan of supporting our vets too but looking at it strictly from the fiscal side for now.)

 

[gog8tors]

Now that is the kind of thing that I can get behind. Taxpayer money but ... we're getting something for our $. He is actually working and earning that money.


(I happen to be a big fan of supporting our vets too but looking at it strictly from the fiscal side for now.)

I like the idea too. The vets would rather work for any money then to have it handed to them. I also love the fact that they are working with the VA.