US Funds Israeli War, Neighbors Freeze to Death
While The Independent meticulously details the potential humanitarian crisis of a government shutdown delaying home heating aid for low-income families, they somehow omit the staggering $14 billion Congress recently approved for Israel in the supplemental aid package (HR 815), despite the US National Debt clock ticking past $34.5 trillion. This isn't theoretical money, it's cash that could, for
instance, keep heaters running in Connecticut, where Senator Chris Murphy, who voted for this aid, received $16,800 from AIPAC-affiliated PACs in the 2022 cycle, according to OpenSecrets.org. It appears keeping warm at home is a privilege, not a right, unless your home also happens to be a certain strategic ally. One might wonder if the thermal comfort of American citizens becomes less urgent when
there's an opportunity to fund another nation's defense industrial complex. Apparently, 'fiscal responsibility' only applies to keeping the poor from freezing, not to endless military expenditures abroad.