Food Stamp Use At Military Commissaries Up Sharply In Four Years -- Stars And StripesBAUMHOLDER, Germany — Food stamp purchases at military commissaries have nearly tripled during the last four years, according to Defense Commissary Agency figures.
The agency reports that nearly $88 million worth of food stamps were used at commissaries nationwide in 2011, up from $31 million in 2008.
There is little information about who is using the food stamps, officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by the Department of Agriculture, because DeCA and the Defense Department do not keep data on individuals who purchase items at commissaries. But Joyce Raezer, the executive director of the National Military Family Association, suspects that the majority of food stamp users are veterans who separated before retirement and members of the National Guard or reserve forces.
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My Comment: the sentence that got my attention was the following ....
.... Nearly 860,000 veterans filed for unemployment benefits last month, of whom more than one-quarter are young veterans, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Wow .... these high numbers tell me that there is a lot of hurt out there.
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...now add that volice to the comment about military being anti-Obama: He extended unemployment benefits, added to VA hospitals etc while GOP tried to block such help!
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