Mainstream Media Discovers Poverty, Ignores Its Architects
So, late car payments are at record highs, The Hill reports, focusing on the individual struggles of 'subprime' Americans. But where's the exposé on the systemic extraction funneling resources away from the working class? While everyday Americans struggle to keep their vehicles, the same Congress that passed a $886 billion defense budget for 2024 continues to prioritize military spending and
corporate bailouts over social safety nets. Notably, many of the very politicians decrying inflation and economic hardship, like Senator Mitch McConnell, who, according to OpenSecrets, received significant contributions from defense contractors in 2022, also consistently vote to funnel your tax dollars into endless wars and corporate subsidies. One might wonder: how many car notes could be saved
if the approximately $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel (a figure that has escalated with recent 'emergency' packages) were invested in domestic infrastructure or affordable housing? Instead, we get think-piece navel-gazing about 'subprime' borrowers—a term conveniently distancing the cause from the effect. The media frames it as a personal failing, not a policy choice. Perhaps if
your representative wasn't too busy accepting donations from Lockheed Martin, they might notice the economic cliff edge their constituents are tumbling off.