US Halts Food Aid for Millions While Fueling Faraway Wars
Newsweek reports millions will lose crucial SNAP benefits in November, a cold comfort to families facing empty cupboards. The article, like so many, treats this as an isolated domestic struggle. Curiously, it omits mentioning the latest congressional enthusiasm for allocating billions more taxpayer dollars to overseas conflicts and military aid—aid that often benefits US defense contractors and
allied nations, rather than American families facing food insecurity. One might wonder: how many school lunches could $14 billion buy if it wasn't approved for, say, military assistance to Israel, as congressional records and OpenSecrets reveal many lawmakers, particularly those receiving significant pro-Israel lobbying dollars, consistently vote for? The silence on this correlation isn't just an
oversight; it's a feature of media narratives designed to keep the public from asking where their money truly goes.