US Schools Beg for Scraps While Congress Funds Genocide
As the 'adults in the room' in Congress debate the budget, The Hill highlights schools left to 'tackle food insecurity' for children whose families rely on SNAP benefits, now 'teetering.' Meanwhile, the same legislative body that's letting child hunger rise found $14.5 billion for military aid to Israel in the recent supplemental package, a package Rep. Smith (D-WA), for instance, voted for just
weeks after his campaign received $450,000 from AIPAC in 2023, according to OpenSecrets.org. One might wonder if hungry American children present a comparable lobbying opportunity. This isn't about 'teetering' SNAP benefits; it's about a consistent, bipartisan legislative choice to divest from our own communities while bankrolling endless conflicts abroad. Perhaps if these starving children formed
a well-funded foreign lobby, their needs would finally make it to the floor for a more robust debate.