


Amendment announcement for Defense appropriations funding bill with a sprinkle of a slight rant and sarcasm delivered on a bed of raw truth:
I’m introducing amendments to the Department of Defense appropriations bill that cost $831.5 billion to prohibit funding for
-$500 million for Israel
-$500 million for Taiwan Security Initiative
-$500 million for Jordan
-$15 million for HIV prevention educational activities
-approximately $118 million for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.
I love our military.
I think Pete Hegseth is doing an amazing job as Secretary of DoD.
We couldn’t have a better President and Commander in Chief.
And I want to vote for the Department of Defense appropriations bill but WITHOUT all the foreign aid!
The U.S. State Department already gives Nuclear armed Israel over $3 Billion every single year. Nuclear armed Israel has nearly decimated Hamas in Gaza all by themselves. And we just successfully bombed Iran’s and wiped out Iran’s nuclear program for Nuclear armed Israel. Nuclear armed Israel’s national debt is under $400 Billion compared to our crippling national debt of $37 TRILLION. Nuclear armed Israel seems to have their defense and debt under control, so the American taxpayers should not be required to give Nuclear armed Israel another $500 million in our U.S. defense bill.
Jordan gets around $1.6 Billion from the U.S. State Department every year, why do we have to give them another $500 Million?
Taiwan gets $300 Million from the U.S. State Department every year, and received an additional $2 Billion was in the foreign aid supplemental passed last year. I think the American people can keep that $500 Million.
And I’m sorry and no offense to anyone, but the American people should not be spending $15 Million for HIV prevention educational activities in African nations. If everyone doesn’t know the activities they need to stop doing to prevent getting AIDS by now, well I don’t know what to tell you. Mainly, it’s not America’s financial responsibility to do that and the people getting rich off this need to get funding elsewhere. Call the rich philanthropists! The American people are broke!
And the same goes for the $118 million for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid. What foreign country showed up to America and said here’s millions of dollars for GA/TN/NC after Hurricane Helene? What about after CA wildfires wiped out so many homes? Lahaina, did they get a foreign aid check? And not a peep from all our great foreign friends trying to throw money at us for the devastated families in Texas from the July 4th flood.
Over it!! We have a drug and mental health crisis and rent, bills and especially insurance is unaffordable for too many hardworking Americans to be sending extra millions and billions to foreign countries for foreign causes to foreign people.
The American people are kind and generous and can donate privately if they choose but should not be forced to do so!
And the quickest and easiest way to cut spending is to STOP FOREIGN AID!!!
P.S.
Not giving another additional $500 Million to Nuclear armed Israel will not make us all anti-Semitic.
Or Isolationist.
P.S.S.
We don’t have to pay off Jordan with another $500 Million either.
P.S.S.S.
“But Marjorie China will take Taiwan!” (said hysterically)
They’ve been telling me that for 5 years now.
No neocons. No war with China for you!
We should focus on our own manufacturing and stop being overly dependent on countries like Taiwan so we don’t have to pay to defend them.
The American people who are sick of paying for everyone else’s stuff thank you for your attention to this matter.
Mike