At a time of rising poverty and declining wages, the Food Stamp program supports families, reduces hunger and Republicans slashed the programs with no consideration of those affected.
Please stand with Veterans and speak out by adding your name below.
Last week, Republicans passed a Farm Bill that would kick 170,000 veterans off
food assistance.
Faced with a looming, losing debt ceiling fight, Tea
Party Republicans have turned to veterans and the poor as a sacrifice designed
to appease their austerity-starved base.
We've been fighting this battle
for a few months, but the stakes are higher than ever this week.
It's critical that you send a letter to your
Senator telling them to oppose any legislation that cuts food assistance for
veterans and military family members. You can do that here:
http://action.votevets.org/food-assistance
It gets worse...
A Department of Agriculture study last year
found that over 5,000 active duty service members receive food
assistance. And, in the same year of the study, over $100,000 in food aid was
used on military bases.
Hundreds of VoteVets veterans have also told us
they're currently receiving assistance. We're going to fight for them on this
issue.
Thanks for standing with us in that effort.
All the best,
Jon Soltz
@JonSoltz
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets.org
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Republicans Don't Even Support Veterans!
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