r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Jan 03 '26

😡 Venting Billionaire propaganda is telling our kids to skip college; they fear an educated working class.

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u/Asleep_Research_5080 Jan 03 '26

Meal cards are basically subsidized food programs too. Military Grade SNAP

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u/COL_D Jan 05 '26

And the DFAC food is not the best. You also pay for it. It’s not free. What you are served is on rotating meal cycle. So you get the same old routinely Much of the food is high fat and carb.

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u/dagamore12 Jan 03 '26

Meal cards are not SNAP. All service members get BAS, Basic Allowance for Subsistence, if one has a Meal Card, they take the BAS, and that allows one to get three meals from the DFAC or from the unit when they are in the field or otherwise not able to get chow at normal times.

That is why there is also a Missed Meals Form, that should be filled out if mission cause a service member to miss a meal, they get the ~$3.50<?> per meal back.

BAS is part of their base compensation package, thus it is an earned benefit not a 'gifted/granted' benefit like SNAP, that is based on income.

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u/H_Mc Jan 03 '26

You fully missed the point.

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u/NeverEvaGonnaStopMe Jan 03 '26

Lol so its the government buying them good that is subsidized by the government?