How many times have you read something by the nose picking bunch on the Right that makes you feel dirty? Well….most of it……..
Mostly they go on and on about all those people that are looking for hand-outs…all the freebies the government has to offer….it really gets their goat when a poor family needs food stamps just to feed their children….and of course they say if they weren’t so damn lazy then they would have a good job and not need any government help….ever read this ranting crap?
Remember an attack on one is an attack on all…….
I cannot wait to hear what moronic excuse they have for not showing any interest in this story….
The Department of Defense has shown little concern about food security among active-duty military personnel.
Military service members on active duty spent $24 million in food stamps at military commissary shops from September 2014 to August 2015, and 45 percent of students in schools run by the military are eligible for free or reduced-price meal programs.
For years, the military has been embarrassed by reports showing that some active-duty service members struggle to feed their families and use government benefits to get by. A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Department of Defense (DoD) does not fully understand the scope of the problem.
Source: US Soldiers Are Relying on Millions of Dollars in Food Stamps to Survive
Well what does the “Patriotic Right” have to say about this?
I realize that the troops are only important at rally times or during some holiday in their honor…..
We ask out troops to “defend” this country with their lives and yet we cannot see that their families do not have to depend on food stamps to feed their children…..kinda pathetic.
But what can you expect from a country where 98% has no idea what it means to serve?
Our troops and vets deserve so much more than this country is willing to give them and yet their fate depends on the cowards that hide behind them….the American way!
The families of active duty military personnel need food assistance? That is really shocking. I am very disappointed in the federal government on this. When over 50% of our taxes are given to the DoD, how can they possibly have trouble adequately paying soldiers? It looks like the wealthiest nation in the world can’t afford an army.
As far as the Right’s usual lament that poor people are too lazy to get better jobs, that rightfully needs to be turned around. If an organization cannot make a decent profit while also paying workers a fair wage, they are too inept and/or lazy to be in business. Let them fail. And watch other enterprises, with better business plans, fill the market vacancies that open up.
DoD money goes to the M-IC and their thirst for profits and wars….not a bad plan….
Yeah, I know that. 🙁