Congress Finds Money for Everything But Your Groceries
The mainstream media, specifically The Hill, celebrates the 'likely end' to government shutdown anxieties, focusing on the resumption of SNAP payments. What they conveniently gloss over is the predictable congressional drama over feeding its own citizens (a yearly spectacle), while the legislative fast-track for billions in military aid to foreign powers never once falters. Remember when Congress
nearly shut down over Ukraine aid last year? Oh, wait, that never happened. Instead, we get breathless updates on whether American families will eat (spoiler: eventually). The 'bipartisan consensus' in Washington, it seems, is reserved exclusively for the military-industrial complex and its beneficiaries, not for the working poor waiting for their food benefits. It's almost as if the legislative
process is perfectly designed to prioritize war chests over grocery lists, all while pretending to care about the latter. One might wonder why there's always a crisis when it comes to domestic economic relief, but never for foreign military funding. Curious, isn't it?