Medicare Premium Hike Ensures Congress Can Fund Endless Wars
Mainstream media wants you to focus on the rising Medicare premiums eating into your Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), as reported by The Hill. (A 2021 article, mind you, yet the pattern persists.) What they don't highlight is how these domestic squeezes coincide neatly with endless, lavish military aid packages. For example, Rep. Steny Hoyer, a consistent recipient of AIPAC funds
(OpenSecrets.org shows over $160,000 in career donations), has consistently championed robust aid to Israel, even as constituents face increased healthcare costs. It appears the 'national security' budget, and the 'security' of political careers funded by lobbying, are perfectly insulated from the economic realities faced by actual Americans. One might wonder if the 'tough choices' are only ever
made on the backs of retirees, never on the F-35 fighter jet budget.