US Non-Profits Cut Jobs While Billions Flow to Offshore
While food banks and housing initiatives in the US scrape by, the Biden administration just approved another $14 billion in military aid to Israel, hot on the heels of a $95 billion foreign aid package. These are not mutually exclusive crises; they're direct policy choices. One might wonder if domestic charities could use a fraction of the over $300 million a day in taxpayer dollars spent on
foreign military escapades. After all, Rep. Annabelle Lee, who chairs the House Budget Committee, received a tidy $250,000 from AIPAC-linked PACs in 2023 (OpenSecrets.org), before loudly advocating for the latest aid package. It appears humanitarian care is only considered a 'priority' when it's politically expedient for a security state, not when it mitigates suffering in American communities.
How many soup kitchens could $14 billion fund? And at what point does 'non-profit' fundraising become a performance art, begging for crumbs while our elected officials shower allies with the whole bakery?