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Do you really think I care about "political correctness"? Gonna let me slide, huh? You and whose army?PkrBum wrote:ummm... it's called SNAP now. I'll let you slide this time... but if you call it food stamps again it'll be bias...
of one type or another.
http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/americas-food-for-votes-program
Floridatexan wrote:
Kahala wrote:I became a volunteer financial advisor for young enlisted when I found out that some of them were having to make purchases with public assistance cards. I was appalled.
The person who created the meme was focusing on the wrong cause. The injustice is not the treatment or perception of people on public assistance, it is that any active duty person should need it. I understand the reasons for encouraging young enlisted not to marry and have children which is complicated by pay scales, but the reality is that some do - and at least they are forming FAMILIES.
The meme creator should know that many people on food assistance ARE freeloaders.
...and now Sec Def Hagel seeks to further put them behind the poverty line by taking away part of their housing allowance as well.Floridatexan wrote:
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Yes, the pay is better, but now the Sec Def wants to take back some of the BAH that folks earn for living off base. Has Congress given back any of their money lately?Nekochan wrote:Military pay is MUCH better today than it used to be. 5000 is not many out of all of our service members and these 5000 who are on food assistance must be young E-1s or E-2s with 3 or 4 or more kids.
There are MANY people who abuse the system. Just like there are many people who abuse Social Security disability. Makes me angry because they take away from people who really need the help.
I agree with you....Kahala wrote:A married man with two or three kids and a young wife who is working full time as an active duty serviceman is being personally responsible and should not be in a place of judgement either here or in the grocery store line. You all should be ashamed. Really.
Yes, Republicans want starving babies here, there and everywhere.Sal wrote:A quarter of Americans eligible for nutritional assistance do not collect it because they don't know they're eligible, the stigma associated with collecting it, or the paperwork involved is too onerous.
Republicans think that more hungry babies is the answer to all of America's woes.
Shameful is an understatement.
Policies speak louder than empty rhetoric.Nekochan wrote:Yes, Republicans want starving babies here, there and everywhere.Sal wrote:A quarter of Americans eligible for nutritional assistance do not collect it because they don't know they're eligible, the stigma associated with collecting it, or the paperwork involved is too onerous.
Republicans think that more hungry babies is the answer to all of America's woes.
Shameful is an understatement.
http://www.amren.com/news/2012/07/usda-combats-mountain-pride-self-reliance-to-boost-food-stamp-rolls/2seaoat wrote:You all should be ashamed. Really.
Agree, and that shame should not be limited to just military families, but we should reserve our generalizations and judgment because many families are simply trying to do the best they can to raise children and make a contribution to society. Our judgment should focus on the abuses of the system. Those abuses should be corrected, and we should invest the resources to do the same.
Government speak for...SPEND MORE MONEY!2seaoat wrote:You all should be ashamed. Really.
Agree, and that shame should not be limited to just military families, but we should reserve our generalizations and judgment because many families are simply trying to do the best they can to raise children and make a contribution to society. Our judgment should focus on the abuses of the system. Those abuses should be corrected, and we should invest the resources to do the same.
Unfortunately, when the misery ultimately does get handed out, it will be shared by all. Wait until Boomers get their SS shaved. It is likely in the cards.Nekochan wrote:Military and DOD employees have taken a big hit over the last few years. The military has been tested to its limit for a dozen years now, with many members on deployment after deployment in war zones. (No, this is not all Obama's fault, like some smarty pants will come on here and claim I said). But it's true. Funding for training has been cut for our military. Civilian DOD employees have taken hits in their pay and hits in training as well. But all we see on the news is IRS employees and other employees of government agencies living it up, wasting taxpayer money. It makes me mad too, when I see this crap. But it's not the average federal employee or military person engaging in this wasteful spending. Most are out there just doing their jobs to the best of their ability. There is a BIG money problem. Our government is broke. Cuts have to be made. I understand. I'd like to see federal employees who are wasting taxpayer money and abusing their positions FIRED. I'd like to see people abusing the food stamp system,disability system and other government systems put in place to help those in need, cut off. And I'd like to see Congress furloughed, without pay.
The last thing we need to be doing to our military right now is cutting their benefits. I believe that there is plenty of waste to cut in the DOD and in OTHER government agencies, without attacking service members' benefits.
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