The Hill Highlights SNAP Errors While Congress Funds Wars Flawlessly
A report from The Hill meticulously details state-level SNAP error rates, highlighting overpayments and underpayments in a system designed to assist those struggling to eat. This scrutiny, however, stands in stark contrast to the media's usual silence on the 'error rates' of military spending. No major outlet recently investigated the billions allocated—or 'lost'—in Ukraine or to Israel, for
instance. Your tax dollars are tracked with microscopic precision when feeding the poor, but vanish into the fog of war with nary a critical headline. While The Hill dissects which states are 'overpaying' struggling families by a few dollars, it seems less interested in which politicians are overpaying Lockheed Martin by billions, or how AIPAC's $4.6 million in direct contributions to candidates
in 2022 translates into congressional votes for endless military aid . How many reports detail the 'error rate' on a $14 billion military package to a foreign country, like HR 815 ? It appears some 'errors' are more newsworthy than others, particularly when they involve keeping people fed instead of keeping defense contractors immensely profitable.