02-21-2014, 19:18
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More miltary get food stamps
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02-21-2014, 19:24
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Just another example of the military being a burden on the system.
...our medical needs are too high, and now there are too many of us using food stamps.
One possible solution would be a pay raise 1 percent below the cost of inflation.
...and have them dead beat GI's go out and get a job just like everyone else.
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02-21-2014, 20:10
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Food Stamps
I remember my mother telling me that both times my father was in Vietnam, we were eligible for reduced school lunches.
She said she thought we were doing fine and turned them down.
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02-22-2014, 09:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy L-bach
Just another example of the military being a burden on the system.
...our medical needs are too high, and now there are too many of us using food stamps.
One possible solution would be a pay raise 1 percent below the cost of inflation.
...and have them dead beat GI's go out and get a job just like everyone else.
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This administration is actually boastful regarding the amount of folks on food stamps, just look at all the good they are doing. Look for the numbers to really rise after the RIF is over.
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02-22-2014, 11:32
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There are no real conclusions to draw from that article.
However I will say that if you're in the military and you're 18,19,20 yrs old and you have dependents your financial situation is the result of personal choice.
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02-22-2014, 19:47
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Originally Posted by abc_123
There are no real conclusions to draw from that article.
However I will say that if you're in the military and you're 18,19,20 yrs old and you have dependents your financial situation is the result of personal choice.
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Or maybe the new car with 22% interest. Personal choices are a bitch.
I remember I had a nice shiny new car when I was a joe as well. I delivered pizzas in lakewood WA on the weekends to make ends meet until my pay went up enough to get my income back in the black.
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02-23-2014, 05:38
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In 2014 an E-1 under 2 years time in service gets $1531.50 per month base pay. A service member gets paid 7 days per week. If you figure a 30 day month, he or she earns $51.05 per day. So in a civilian 8 hour day, that comes out to $6.38 per hour. No service member works an 8 hour day. How about a more realistic 10 hours? About $5.11 per hour. 12 hours? Make that $4.25 per hour.
Mr. President, I hear you want to raise the national minimum wage to over $10 per hour. Business owners say that will be a disaster. Since you are so fond of social experimentation on the military, how about just one more? Let's try your minimum wage experiment on the lower enlisted ranks of our armed forces.
You can lift them out of poverty and blame Bush for putting them there. Win for them, win for you. What do you say?
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02-22-2014, 13:03
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Originally Posted by Billy L-bach
Just another example of the military being a burden on the system.
...our medical needs are too high, and now there are too many of us using food stamps.
One possible solution would be a pay raise 1 percent below the cost of inflation.
...and have them dead beat GI's go out and get a job just like everyone else.
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And don't forget the excessive cost of providing a commissary. Those overpaid soldiers should not only have their pay cut, but their groceries should cost more as well. Nothing's too good for the soldiers. 
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02-22-2014, 18:52
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When I was an Engineer I was single, but would see guys in my PLT and Company that were 18-22 maybe 25ish that had 2-3 kids and the wife that was a stay at home mother and many still had both working. I feel, because of what I saw back then, that many come into the military for the good pay check, medical coverage and overall benefits. But most were on some kind of social program before coming in and being a PVT to PFC with 2-4 kids didn't change the fact of needing food stamps or getting off the programs. Most take them until they are a SGT to get off them.
IMO it takes leadership to lead their soldiers and mentor them about things like this.
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