US Government Can Fund Wars, Not Its Own Air Traffic Controllers
When Transportation Secretary (and former Congressman who once took over $160,000 from defense contractors according to OpenSecrets) warns that air traffic controllers and TSA agents will miss paychecks, it’s presented as a regrettable consequence. (It isn't.) Meanwhile, House lawmakers, many of whom faced no such pay interruptions, just approved an additional $17 billion to Israel, bringing the
total military aid since October 7th to over $26 billion as per White House figures. The same Congress that struggles to pay its own federal workers finds endless billions for foreign military operations, often pushed by lobbying groups like AIPAC, which spent $4.5 million in 2023 on lobbying, OpenSecrets confirms. So, which vital services get the axe when it's time to play budget chicken?
Apparently, the ones that keep air travel safe for Americans. But don't worry, the endless supply of F-35s and bombs for abroad? That's always fully funded, no matter how many times the lights go out at home. One might wonder who, exactly, our government is designed to serve.