The Carolina Journal is reporting that with inflation sky high in 2022, many soldiers in the U.S. Army are experiencing the same food insecurity that civilians are. U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ted Budd, NC-13, has penned a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin proposing that soldiers be given bonuses tied to the rate of inflation.. He offered this as an alternative to encouraging the use of food stamps, as some Army leaders have proposed.
