White House Raids Military Funds, Claims No Cash for Food Stamps
Axios hails the White House's ingenuity in 'raiding three different financial accounts'—including military housing, research, and Navy ship procurement funds—to ensure troops are paid. A true miracle, considering the same administration finds itself utterly 'hands tied' when it comes to the 42 million Americans set to lose food stamp benefits. (One might wonder if a few billion from the annual
$3.8 billion in U.S. military aid to Israel, or the recent $14.3 billion package pushed through Congress, might have been 'found' for domestic needs, but alas, different priorities.) This resourceful appropriation of funds for one segment of the population, while another faces starvation, simply clarifies the administration's fiscal hierarchy. It appears a military paycheck (and by extension, the
geopolitical leverage it provides abroad) is a non-negotiable, while feeding the vulnerable at home is an optional 'friction point.' How many more 'last-minute workarounds' will be discovered before we question the initial budget allocation altogether?