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kpete

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Thu Nov 7, 2013, 11:48 AM Nov 2013

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!




Our veterans should be above political games," Cruz said at the Million Vets March on Oct. 13.


So, where are they now that a $5 billion cut to food stamps - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP - has hit thousands of veterans squarely in their wallets?



The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has reported that "900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP to provide food for their families" in any given month of 2011. The coming benefit cut - the result of the expiration of a temporary increase in the food-stamp program tied to the 2009 stimulus - "will reduce SNAP benefits, which are already modest, for all households by 7 percent on average, or about $10 per person per month. ... SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2014 will average less than $1.40 per person per meal," the center reported.

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"Many veterans returning from service face challenges in finding work. While the overall unemployment rate for veterans is lower than the national average, the unemployment rate for recent veterans (serving in September 2001 to the present) remains high, at 10.1 percent in September 2013. About one-quarter of recent veterans reported service-connected disabilities in 2011, which can impact their ability to provide for their families: households with a veteran with a disability that prevents them from working are about twice as likely to lack access to adequate food than households without a disabled member.

............................Some Republicans have said pretty callous things about SNAP recipients to justify the cuts. I bet they wouldn't dare say directly to those veterans on food stamps that they are lazy, undeserving of help and need to embrace a work ethic. No, on this issue, they will pretend "our veterans" don't exist.

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http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/commentary/jonathan-capehart-gop-ignores-veterans-on-food-stamps/article_98aecbf1-153b-5d74-9d6d-fe84bdae7759.html
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4Q2u2

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1. Pre-War VS Post War
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 12:20 PM
Nov 2013

Happy healthy strong family in love and "Getting By"

After last deployment

Single Dad of 4 on the verge of Bankruptcy and just applied for SNAP. I have a full time job but it does not cover the cost of living for day to day items. Wife went into a spiral of depression while I was gone and has not stopped drinking since.


The only thing that would keep me from destroying a Repuke is I can no longer afford to go to jail.

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