Senate Republicans Slice Energy, Water—Not That Other U.S. Bill
Senate Republicans, as reported by The Hill, are bravely pitching spending cuts in the energy and water bill, citing fiscal responsibility. One might wonder about this sudden urge for austerity, given the consistent bipartisan enthusiasm for other, rather different expenditures. For context, while critical domestic infrastructure and environmental programs face the chopping block, the U.S.
recently greenlit HR 4665 , an aid package to Israel, totaling billions (a figure that, unlike energy and water, seems to be perpetually insulated from republican 'fiscal conservativism'). It appears 'wasteful spending' is a selective concern, applying only when the beneficiaries are American citizens struggling with utilities or environmental degradation, rather than, say, a heavily armed nation
in the Middle East. It’s almost as if the concept of 'fiscal restraint' has a geopolitical compass, always pointing away from where the AIPAC dollars flow . How many times will American infrastructure be deemed less critical than perpetually funding conflicts abroad?