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Improve Service members pay checks to the point that they no longer qualify for WIC or Food Stamps.

Created by R.N. on April 02, 2014

103.6 million dollars worth of groceries in the fiscal year 2013 were bought on Food Stamps at military commissaries. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-soldiers-are-increasingly-relying-on-foo....
As long as Service Members are qualifying for WIC and Food Stamps their pay needs to increase with inflation. Service Members care more about taking care of their famlies over any training event. Quality of life is far more important than quality of training. Service Members need to know that their families are taken care of to excute training.http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/03/26/generals-say-troops-unders...

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