Feeding America, which coordinates the work of food banks around the country, estimates that up to 160,000 active duty military members struggle to feed their families
* Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday announced increased payments to help personnel cope with surging house rental prices
* 'This is a readiness issue,' he said after dire warnings of increasing inflation
* Last week, the Department of Labor said prices had risen 6.2 percent in past year
* The issue has emerged as a test for the Biden administration as it plans trillions of dollars in new spending
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday warned that rising prices for housing and food were affecting the readiness of U.S. armed forces.
Inflation has emerged as one of the biggest issues facing the Biden administration, as ordinary Americans complain about the price of everyday items - from gas to bread.
During a Pentagon briefing, Austin said he was temporarily increasing payments to help troops pay for off-base housing in places where rents had increased by 10 percent or more.
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Update #1: More Housing Money Coming as Pentagon Ponders Fix for Military Family Hunger (Military.com)
Update #2: Pentagon boosts housing money for troops, as hunger persists (AP)
WNU Editor: Inflation is making life difficult for many families. U.S. military families included.
4 comments:
WNU what do you predict is coming next with inflation? I hear speculation that the official rate is much lower than the actual...any similarities to economic problems in Russia or during S.U. break-up?
The military gets cost of living increases. If they are enough, timely, or how much they miss the mark is debatable.
Cardboard cutout Biden and the socialist democrats fronting him ate to blame. Ned Price and others like him have "used every lever" to bad effect. Ned was speaking about Afghanistan. Using every lever is apt description for the regime's energy policies. Every policy to date was crafter to restrict oil supply and kill the oil industry.
Energy is one of those sectors that sit at the base of the economy. If you have inflation in energy, you will have inflation everywhere.
Sec Def Austin and other generals can complain. So what. It means nothing. It shows they are mental cowards. They may be physically brave, but when it comes to career, they are cowards. In many ways is is harder to be brave with one's career than physically brave. It is a steady slow strain. Still they are cowards. They could use back channels and tell those monkeys in the Biden White House to pull their heads out of their asses and fly right.
enlist big mouth
I have already been in the service and seen more war than you. Now, thank me for my service.
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