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Hornedfrog2000

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2. A lot of people i know in the military

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 02:00 PM

Jun 25

Work the system harder than any I have seen. Its well known to try and get diagnosed with something while in to get a check every month for the rest of your life. So, I would be very wary of any survey that a soldier marked as being food insecure.

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Soldiers Say It's Hard to Eat a $45 Million Parade By Jim Hightower [View all] justaprogressive Jun 25 OP

Kinda makes that "armies run on their stomachs" thing mute Nigrum Cattus Jun 25 #1

Moot n/t GenThePerservering Jun 25 #7

A lot of people i know in the military Hornedfrog2000 Jun 25 #2

You're kidding right? cpamomfromtexas Jun 25 #4

you mingle with the wrong bunch et tu Jun 25 #5

What are you talking about? GoodRaisin Jun 25 #8

Outrageous Wicked Blue Jun 25 #3

I would bet a lot of those services have been outsourced to private for-profit contractors to "save money" ToxMarz Jun 25 #6