Judge Orders US to Feed Americans, Not Just Fund Foreign Wars
A US judge had to order 'Trump officials' to fully fund food aid for over 42 million eligible Americans during a government shutdown, rejecting a plan to only partially fund the program. This headline, per Bloomberg, would imply the US government struggles to feed its own. Yet, this very same system never seems to suffer from 'shutdowns' when it comes to consistently funneling billions of taxpayer
dollars, year after year, to states like Israel. While Americans rely on court orders for basic sustenance, Congress routinely fast-tracks enormous military packages. For example, as the US quibbles over a few million for SNAP, it effortlessly approved an additional $14 billion in aid to Israel, just this year, without a judge needing to intervene ( HR 815 - Additional Israel Security Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2024 ). Funny how the bureaucracy for feeding hungry Americans is a labyrinth of austerity, but for foreign military expenditure, it's a superhighway. One might wonder where the real 'national interest' lies when domestic hunger requires a court order, but overseas arsenals get blank checks.