The solution is the majority of Americans who support a ceasefire making aid to Israel an election issue in Congress. Nothing will change with the executive branch because there is a clear continuity in foreign policy and immigration policy between Trump and Biden. But it's Congress that passes budgets, and we need to make the connection…
The solution is the majority of Americans who support a ceasefire making aid to Israel an election issue in Congress. Nothing will change with the executive branch because there is a clear continuity in foreign policy and immigration policy between Trump and Biden. But it's Congress that passes budgets, and we need to make the connection clear between military aid to foreign states, and military spending generally, to our lack of domestic social provisions and failing infrastructure in the United States.
Military aid to foreign states is (while large in raw numbers) a comparatively tiny part of the budget. But I agree drawing a line from our outsized military budget to underfunded infrastructure and other areas of domestic spending could potentially be a useful rhetorical tool.
The solution is the majority of Americans who support a ceasefire making aid to Israel an election issue in Congress. Nothing will change with the executive branch because there is a clear continuity in foreign policy and immigration policy between Trump and Biden. But it's Congress that passes budgets, and we need to make the connection clear between military aid to foreign states, and military spending generally, to our lack of domestic social provisions and failing infrastructure in the United States.
Military aid to foreign states is (while large in raw numbers) a comparatively tiny part of the budget. But I agree drawing a line from our outsized military budget to underfunded infrastructure and other areas of domestic spending could potentially be a useful rhetorical tool.