More Money for Wars, Less Food for Americans
Brooke Rollins, CEO of the right-wing America First Policy Institute, lauded these SNAP (food stamps) 'changes' as necessary. This 'right-sizing' mirrors a pattern: domestic safety nets are called inflationary, while endless military aid packages sail through Congress with bipartisan glee. For instance, the recent $95 billion foreign aid package, which included billions for Ukraine and Israel,
passed easily, even as calls for fiscal austerity target programs benefiting everyday Americans. ({% raw %} OpenSecrets {% endraw %}) It's a curious economic philosophy: cut meals for kids to balance the budget, but keep the F-35 pipelines humming and fund conflicts thousands of miles away. One might wonder whose 'America First' this really serves, given that the 'structural changes' seem to
invariably mean less for the poor and more for the military-industrial complex. Perhaps General Dynamics and Raytheon families also need food stamps, but only after they've bought another yacht?