How much do Republicans support our troops? Well, they don’t want to change this:
Young, inexperienced, and often drawing their first paychecks, enlisted men and women are easy marks for sleazy car dealers, insurance scammers, predatory lenders, and identity thieves. So pervasive are the rip-offs—and so troubling the debt incurred by military personnel as a result—that U.S. Department of Defense officials recently labeled the situation a threat to national security. “You don’t want them distracted while they’re out on the front lines,” says Clifford L. Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. “But they will be if they’re worrying about what’s going on at home.”
During WWII, Congress gave service members credit and debt protection while the nation was in conflict. Teh War on Terrorz™ has been no such bipartisan commitment from Republicans — either in charge or in the minority. All a soldier will find in the Grand Old Party anymore are chickenhawks and buddy-fuckers.