Sheldon
Regular Member
(a political rant)
The other night on the CBS evening news: a story about how the government is cutting funding to the Military PX. For those of you that do not know what a PX is, it is nothing more than a grocery store often with some clothes, shoes, appliances, and other knick knacks.
Those with military ID can shop there and purchase low cost food (and other items) ...without the mark up, state, or local taxes on the items. As a great many Military families make what would be considered close to the poverty level in their pay, this is a huge help in their family food budget, saving them thousands each year.
Back on topic, the government in a cost saving effort is cutting aid to these stores from (round numbers) from the present 1.2 Billion down to 440 million…. So first we cut hot meals to our personnel in the field, now we take the food away from their family????
All this to save money because according to congress woman Nancy Pelosi, there is no place else to cut… REALLY???
How about starting with the billions we send to countries that sponsor terrorism, murder people not of their faith, and burn our flag. How about curtailing our Monarch’s royal family vacations on the tax payer’s dollar? 200 million for the Africa vacation, 100 million for a family trip for the Wife to China with the girls. Or how about the 60 million spent on a recent spring break by the kids to show their friend s good time?
Cut spending Mr. President, good idea but let’s start first at home, AKA your home, and then those that do not like us, hate us, and flat out want us dead!!!
All this happens while the multi generational freeloaders in this country eat steak and lobster, while that those that serve our country, defend it with honor, that they and their family may go hungry... This is both sad and very very sick...
The other night on the CBS evening news: a story about how the government is cutting funding to the Military PX. For those of you that do not know what a PX is, it is nothing more than a grocery store often with some clothes, shoes, appliances, and other knick knacks.
Those with military ID can shop there and purchase low cost food (and other items) ...without the mark up, state, or local taxes on the items. As a great many Military families make what would be considered close to the poverty level in their pay, this is a huge help in their family food budget, saving them thousands each year.
Back on topic, the government in a cost saving effort is cutting aid to these stores from (round numbers) from the present 1.2 Billion down to 440 million…. So first we cut hot meals to our personnel in the field, now we take the food away from their family????
All this to save money because according to congress woman Nancy Pelosi, there is no place else to cut… REALLY???
How about starting with the billions we send to countries that sponsor terrorism, murder people not of their faith, and burn our flag. How about curtailing our Monarch’s royal family vacations on the tax payer’s dollar? 200 million for the Africa vacation, 100 million for a family trip for the Wife to China with the girls. Or how about the 60 million spent on a recent spring break by the kids to show their friend s good time?
Cut spending Mr. President, good idea but let’s start first at home, AKA your home, and then those that do not like us, hate us, and flat out want us dead!!!
All this happens while the multi generational freeloaders in this country eat steak and lobster, while that those that serve our country, defend it with honor, that they and their family may go hungry... This is both sad and very very sick...