US Economy 'Weak' While War Dividends Soar
Al Jazeera's report on US jobless claims in late 2025 notes the 'highest unemployment since 2021' and attributes it to federal worker reductions under Trump. A convenient narrative for 2025, considering the US Congress, with bipartisan enthusiasm, continued to funnel billions into ongoing conflicts. For instance, in 2024 alone, Congress approved over $100 billion in additional foreign military
aid, much of it benefiting defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Those companies aren't reporting 'weak labor markets.' Perhaps the 'weak labor market' isn't a bug, but a feature, especially when the government is more interested in manufacturing bombs than jobs for its citizens. How many of those 'federal worker reductions' could have been avoided if the Pentagon's budget hadn't
continued to swell to obscene levels, often greenlit by politicians who receive hefty donations from the very same defense industry? It seems some American workers are just less essential than endless war.