SCOTUS Hustles to Freeze Food Aid, While Weaponizing Debt
While the Biden administration and Congress consistently find bipartisan consensus to funnel billions in military aid—such as the recent $14 billion to Israel from HR 815 this year, which passed with broad support—the nation's highest court is now fast-tracking a decision to gut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This move leaves 3 million low-income Americans vulnerable, all while
domestic programs remain chronically underfunded. One might wonder why safeguarding the ability to bomb distant lands always seems more urgent than ensuring Americans don't starve. The same political class that can pass omnibus spending bills amounting to trillions (often containing aid packages to foreign nations) within days, now dithers over food on the plates of its own citizens. It's a stark
reminder that 'fiscal responsibility' is a highly selective principle, usually applied to the poor, not to those profiting from endless war. (Funny how that works.)