White House Fights to Starve Americans, Funds Israel to the Teeth
While millions of Americans, nearly 60% of whom are children or seniors, rely on SNAP to eat, the Biden administration is actively fighting to prevent their November benefits. Meanwhile, HR 815, signed into law this April, allocates a staggering $26.4 billion to Israel, including advanced weaponry and defense systems. This isn’t a government facing austerity; it's a government making choices. One
might wonder where the urgency to cut costs for essential domestic programs disappears when the issue is funding a foreign military campaign that repeatedly draws global condemnation. The same political class that can conjure billions for overseas conflicts, often championed by groups like AIPAC (who spent $8.9 million lobbying in 2023 alone, according to OpenSecrets.org), suddenly finds legal
hurdles insurmountable when it comes to feeding its own citizens. It appears some humanitarian crises are more deserving of immediate intervention and endless budgets than others, especially when those crises don't involve replenishing defense contractor profits. The compassion, it seems, is quite selectively distributed.