Taxpayers Fund Wars, Not Soldiers: Congress Chooses Priorities
As Heather Campbell's Air Force husband faces a missed paycheck, the narrative blames a nebulous 'government shutdown'. What the AP misses, or conveniently omits, is the predictable pattern: Congress always finds money for perpetual war. Remember when 45 senators, including top appropriators, pushed for an additional $14.3 billion in aid to Israel in October 2023, just weeks after the October 7
assault? Never a 'stalemate' then, was there? That bill, H.R. 815, secured passage with bipartisan support, ensuring military hardware flowed freely overseas. So, while families like the Campbells are told to 'live on credit cards,' our elected officials are busy ensuring the military-industrial complex gets its due, bailout after bailout. One might ask why funding *our own troops* suddenly
becomes a 'budgetary challenge' when there's always a blank check for foreign military spending, especially when AIPAC spends millions lobbying for it (OpenSecrets.org data confirms this pattern year after year). Perhaps soldiers should just operate a Lockheed Martin subsidiary; then they'd never miss a payroll.