We have money to give billions to other countries and Congress to give themselves huge pay raises, but when it comes to American people, let’s worry about the deficit. I think not.
There is always money for food stamps, Obama phones, rent subsidy, free Medicaid etc.
FYI, your facts are a bit off. Per Chat GPT:
“The last time the U.S. Congress actually received a pay raise that took effect was in January 2009, when members’ annual salary went up by about 2.8% to $174,000. Since then, although an automatic cost-of-living adjustment mechanism exists by law, Congress has each year voted to block those raises, keeping legislative pay unchanged at the 2009 level ever since.”
Also this:
“U.S. foreign aid is a very small part of the overall federal budget.
• In recent years, total U.S. foreign assistance — including economic, humanitarian, and security aid — has generally amounted to **about **1 % to 1.5 % of total federal government spending. For example, in fiscal year 2023 foreign aid represented roughly 1.2 %–1.5 % of total federal outlays.”
If we don’t get our fiscal house in order now, under a cost-cutting President with a Republican Congress, then we’ll end up like Weimar Germany. Then EVERYONE loses.