I have just read, with dismay, about the Senate Armed Services Committee’s plan to decrease taxpayer support of the commissary system, “Commissary price increases in Senate bill,” (May 21). While this may seem like a small thing to Congress, it is not a small thing for military families. We all know that the cheapest foods tend to be the least healthy for us. Raising prices at the commissary will push our troops, who are already burdened by years of subpar wage growth, into making poor food choices. The commissary’s current pricing structure allows servicemen to provide high quality food for their families and themselves. Raising prices at the commissary will have the unintended consequence of lowering the nutrition of our soldiers which will have a direct impact on military readiness and national security.

Our Connecticut congressional delegation should protect military readiness and our national security by voting to maintain the current pricing structure at the commissaries.

David Lahm

Lyme