Special programs to find jobs for 'veterans' while those with no military 'service' are not accorded the same level of concern. Then there are career military retirees who draw a pension at 55 years old, then go to work for a 'defense' contractor and make thousands and thousands of dollars more each month courtesy of the gullible 'patriotic' middle class taxpayer.
Dear DUmmies,
**** you. If DU had a the equivalent of a dickpunch button I'd use it on all of you worthless ****ers.
I am a veteran. I have never used any of those "preferences" of which you speak. I spent over a decade on AD, and left because the pay and benefits I was getting for the hours I put in and sacrifices I made was a pittance compared to the opportunities which awaited me back in the civilian world. I do not draw a pension, nor will I ever do so. Even those who have spent 20-plus years on AD, assuming they make E-7/8 or O-5 if they're lucky get just about enough to make the house payment after taxes, meaning they still have to work until 65 just like the rest of us.
I've also been fortunate enough to demonstrate a skill set which is highly in demand. Sorry for you poor dumb bastards who think incurring $100K in student loans getting a degree in Comparative Navel Gazing and thinking you're entitled to a corner office and company car so you can surf pron and eat Cheetos on someone else's dime is actually a realistic goal.
Comparatively few of us go to work for defense contractors. OTOH, most of us work in the private sector. I know people who work in utilities (like me), or in factories, engineering firms, or go to school to finish their degrees (which I paid for out-of-pocket, BTW.) Notice that word though--WORK. Busting our asses. STILL. I was a lazy bastard before I joined. I thought I could do like I did up to that point in my life; just screw around, drift, get by, and nobody'd be the wiser. No, DUmmies, I learned how to WORK. Not just actual effort, but time managment, prioritizing, being able to LEAD. Knowing that no matter how much I wanted something to happen, shit in one hand, wish in the other, see which one fills up faster.
All of these things and more I learned during my time in. Honor, courage, commitment--they translate into my everyday life nearly 15 years since I left the service. They are as much a part of me as any physical attributes. You? You sit on your ass with your hands out and bitch about someone who actually EXERTED EFFORT to accomplish something in life, and then wonder why people like me hold you in such scorn.
Well, the collapse is coming, sooner rather than later now that you ****sticks gave Dear Reader another four years to produce Skittle-shitting unicorns that you should have know damned well weren't coming, and will never come. Guess you'll learn the lessons I learned, or perish. Personally, I really don't give a shit which you do.