I've long believed that the U.S. should make some rather significant cuts to its military budget and finally, it appears as if the Obama administration is about to propose just that. Of course, Darth Vader stunt-double Dick Cheney doesn't agree with these proposed cuts, as he made it known on Fox News yesterday, when he said this:
"They peddle this line that now we're going to pivot to Asia, but they've never justified it. And I think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances, it's driven by budget considerations. He'd much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops."
Cheney's commentary here is extremely ironic, because many military families depend on governmental assistance (you know - food stamps) to get by from week to week.
As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities wrote in a recent analysis, "Nationwide, in any given month, a total of 900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to provide food for their families in 2011."
In 2013, it was found that military families relied on food stamps more than in any other year, as they spent over $100 million in food stamps at military grocery stores.
So, I find it highly ironic that Dick Cheney and his like are claiming that by cutting the military budget and providing more governmental assistance through SNAP, it is an indicator that President Obama doesn't support our troops. On the contrary, he and his administration are attempting to lighten soldiers' load overseas and provide more assistance for them when they come back home. If that's not supporting the troops, I don't know what is.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/02/25/3326491/cheney-lashes-obama-hits-veterans-food-stamps/
"They peddle this line that now we're going to pivot to Asia, but they've never justified it. And I think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances, it's driven by budget considerations. He'd much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops."
Cheney's commentary here is extremely ironic, because many military families depend on governmental assistance (you know - food stamps) to get by from week to week.
As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities wrote in a recent analysis, "Nationwide, in any given month, a total of 900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to provide food for their families in 2011."
In 2013, it was found that military families relied on food stamps more than in any other year, as they spent over $100 million in food stamps at military grocery stores.
So, I find it highly ironic that Dick Cheney and his like are claiming that by cutting the military budget and providing more governmental assistance through SNAP, it is an indicator that President Obama doesn't support our troops. On the contrary, he and his administration are attempting to lighten soldiers' load overseas and provide more assistance for them when they come back home. If that's not supporting the troops, I don't know what is.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/02/25/3326491/cheney-lashes-obama-hits-veterans-food-stamps/
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