Posted by bookgurl99 on June 10, 2003, at 19:46:26
In reply to Re: Active duty, posted by noa on June 10, 2003, at 18:45:53
> What really bugs me about the military is that so many soldiers and their families are so poor! It just seems ludicrous to me that soldiers have to rely on food stamps etc. I mean, if we are sending our soldiers into the most dangerous of places and they are our line of defense, why would we treat them so badly?
This is a good point. The same holds true for vets, many of whom are battle-scarred and not given proper entry into society after war. They are then given inadequate medical care as a 'benefit.'
Two years ago, I was in Americorps (domestic peace corps.) I was tremendously poor, qualified for the full allotment of food stamps. This is a 'volunteer' system that Bush/Reaganites want to have replace a good social system, but even people who want to volunteer can't afford to.
It's silly.
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