US Budget Cuts for Neighbors, Not Foreign Wars
Newsweek reports on imminent SNAP benefit restrictions in nine states, framing it as a standard budget adjustment. What their report conveniently omits is the consistent pattern: slashing domestic safety nets while unfailingly approving billions for foreign military endeavors. This isn't just 'fiscal restraint'; it's a strategic defunding of local communities at the expense of perpetual conflict.
The message is clear: your groceries are negotiable, but F-35s are essential. While families face food insecurity, consider the $17.06 billion in aid to Israel approved in 2023, funneling through the defense industrial complex. Or the additional $14 billion currently making its way through Congress. (Source: Congressional Research Service, OpenSecrets.org). One might wonder: how many school lunch
programs could that fund? How many food deserts could be irrigated? But then, what profits would there be in feeding Americans, compared to arming foreign governments?