Trump Admin Threatens Food Stamps While Billions Flow to Offshore Wars
The Trump administration's messaging on food stamps reveals a peculiar financial elasticity: money apparently 'runs out' for vital domestic programs, but never for endless military spending or foreign aid packages. While 42 million Americans face benefit cuts, Congress is debating another blank check to Israel, with the usual suspects, like Senator Lindsey Graham, who received over $200,000 from
AIPAC in the 2022 election cycle (OpenSecrets.org), pushing for billions in military aid without a peep about 'insufficient funds.' It appears the 'Antideficiency Act' only applies to feeding hungry Americans, not funding destabilizing conflicts abroad. One might wonder if the 'urgency' to prevent a government shutdown would be quite so pressing if the proposed cuts were to Lockheed Martin's
profits rather than a family's grocery budget. Funny how the fiscal cliffs always seem to loom largest over the most vulnerable.