Government shoots down tax breaks for businesses hiring veterans

Steve Israel, a Democrat from New York Dix Hills proposed a package that offered up to $9,600 in tax breaks for businesses hiring veterans.

Peter King, another New York politician, a Republican from Seaford, proposed a tax cut of $5,000.

Both legislative packages were nixed on specifics.

"Unemployment among post 9/11 veterans is currently 4% above the national rate of 9.1%" New York Newsday.