What if schools enjoyed pork-barrel largesse and the military depended on corporate charity?

One recent slow morning, in late August, the grocery stores’ circulars in the newspaper caught my attention. I began to wonder how things might be different if certain fortunes were reversed. Instead of “back-to-school” it’s “back-to-basic-training” discount offers. Imagine, if you will: *At Ingles, earn $1,000 for mops for the Navy, boots for the Army, when you use your Advantage™ Card.