Shutdown Looms, WIC Funded By Tariffs While Aid Billions Flow
While politicians like Karoline Leavitt propose creative accounting — using import tariffs to fund the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program during a government shutdown—we're asked to forget where the *real* money goes. The same Congress that scrambles for scraps to feed American children routinely rubber-stamps massive military aid packages. For instance, in December 2023, while domestic
programs faced cuts, the House overwhelmingly passed HR 815, allocating billions in additional military assistance to Israel, a move largely championed by those receiving substantial donations from groups like AIPAC. One might wonder: how many American families could be fed with the $14.3 billion recently approved for military aid to a foreign nation (HR 815)? How many 'fiscal conservatives'
suddenly find their purses full for overseas ventures while crying poverty for programs supporting mothers and babies at home? The emergency for American families only seems to register when it doesn't involve cutting into the military-industrial complex's preferred budget lines.