I have nothing but the utmost respect for our vets but no ‘hiring’ scheme’ that favors one group over the rest of the people will work.
They’ve had a “scheme” like that for hiring welfare recipients, ex-felons and the like for many, many years. It’s called targeted jobs tax credits (TJTC).
http://www.house.gov/jec/fiscal/tx-grwth/wel-work/wel-work.htm