More of that "Freedom is Absolutely Free!" for the some 99% who not only don't serve but refuse to demand they even Sacrifice now a decade plus added to the previous decades of underfunding especially at times of cheering on the wars of choice!
06/18/2012 - Congress' push to cut food stamps could cause collateral damage in the military, hitting everyone from active-duty members to retirees, who together have used more than $100 million in federal food aid on military bases over the past year, a Huffington Post review of the data found.
Decrying the surge in food stamp costs since the start of the recession, politicians increasingly have been calling for a crackdown on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The program has expanded from covering 26 million Americans in 2007 to more than 44 million in 2011.
Suggesting that growth is evidence of fraud and abuse, House Republicans passed a budget resolution for 2013 that would cut the program by $134 billion over 10 years. In its version of the farm bill, the House Agriculture Committee has proposed $33 billion in cuts.
The Senate Agriculture Committee's farm bill -- which is being debated on the Senate floor this week -- would cut $4.5 billion, likely making that figure the low end in negotiating SNAP belt-tightening when the House and Senate merge their different bills later in the year. read more>>>
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