
By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network
SPRINGFIELD – Veterans – did you enjoy a day off for Veterans Day Wednesday?
You should have, said State Sen. John Mulroe.
He’s introduced a bill mandating a paid day off on Veterans Day, with a credit to the employers who are out that part of the payroll.
“In order not to cause hardship to the business community,” Mulroe said. “We’re going to try to provide a credit to the companies for the amount they paid the veteran employee.”
Mulroe said the idea came from a Vietnam vet who approached him at a recent event.
The senator, a non-veteran who came of age during a time 18-year-old men did not even have to register for the draft, said, “We owe them everything. They’re the ones who are fighting – and dying – for all the freedoms that we enjoy.”