"We support our troops" hypocrites don't seem to care that they are shutting down the troops grocery stores.
Shutdown to idle US-based military commissaries
"I actually went shopping on Sunday because I saw the handwriting on the wall," said Whitmore, who regularly shops at his nearby commissary.
On social media, there were widespread reports of long lines and empty store shelves at commissaries nationwide Tuesday as military families scrambled to buy groceries before their local stores closed. Whitmore and his wife are raising their 9-year-old granddaughter and said he mentioned the closings to another military parent at the bus stop on Tuesday, urging her to stock up.
"We go to the regular grocery stores in town and go, 'How do these people do this?" Whitmore said.
The Defense Commissary Agency based at Fort Lee, Va. says its shoppers save more than 30 percent, on average, compared with commercial prices. The agency says a family of four that shops at a commissary year-round has an annual savings of about $4,500. That's significant, given that many entry-level members of the military make about $20,000 a year, excluding bonuses and allowances for housing and meals, under certain conditions.
Remind me, GOP Hatriots, how does this Support the Troops?
And, really GOP Do Nothings, don't stories like these touch your hearts?
He looks up at me and says. "I can't go - Commissary is shut down. They made and announcement yesterday over the PA that if the government shut down, they would be closing their doors until they got it fixed."
"I'm fine on food right now," he says, "but we've only got about a week's worth left in the house. After that', I don't know what we're going to do." A look at the accounts reveals why. His AF pension check arrived on time, as did another check that he receives regularly. His SS electronic deposit, however, is not there - a victim of the shutdown. At least for now.
The GOP is playing games with the lives of the American people.
One commissary customer said this about what the rest of Americans have to pay for food:
"We go to the regular grocery stores in town and go, 'How do these people do this?" Whitmore said.
Well, Mr. Whitmore, millions of Americans can't afford the high cost of food and the taxes that required when they buy food.
It's why 1 in 5 children are food insecure.
We live on Planet Greed