[timestax]

2nd request, and I don't type just to see it. HOW DO THOSE NATIONAL GUARD PEOPLE GET FED. Are we paying for them to eat at Ruby Tuesday, or To get free (AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE) STARBUCKS COFFEE??!! iT'S MY right TO KNOW THESE KIND OF THINGS!!

[goodnesswins]

Hey, bud....calm down. I agree that having the National Guard do this is probably not the best use of our money...but y'know what? I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS! I do, however, think that the Canadian border is just as much a sieve as the Mexican one, and that was what I was responding to..

[Calico]

2nd request, and I don't type just to see it. HOW DO THOSE NATIONAL GUARD PEOPLE GET FED. Are we paying for them to eat at Ruby Tuesday, or To get free (AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE) STARBUCKS COFFEE??!! iT'S MY right TO KNOW THESE KIND OF THINGS!!

Hey, no need to yell. National Guard on state duty get paid a set per diem to cover food and other necessities.

FWIW, it has been my experience, however, not to receive checks for this--which come separately from standard reserve pay until it is a day late and IMO several dollars too short to afford airport food.

[Newbomb Turk]

2nd request, and I don't type just to see it. HOW DO THOSE NATIONAL GUARD PEOPLE GET FED. Are we paying for them to eat at Ruby Tuesday, or To get free (AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE) STARBUCKS COFFEE??!! iT'S MY right TO KNOW THESE KIND OF THINGS!!

They are paid one the average$32.00 per day per deim for meals. They usually eat on the local econemy. It is cheaper than having food prepared specially for them. Otherwise they are given M.R.E.s which cost the Gov about 12.00 each.

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