Five Things America Could Have Fixed Instead of This War

from The Lonely Liberal · host Nick Zenkin

The U.S. has spent at least $12 billion on the Iran War in under three weeks. Trump’s Pentagon wants $50 billion more. Meanwhile: 15 million Americans just lost Medicaid. 4 million lost food stamps. 759 rural hospitals are about to close. This week, Nick runs the numbers — five things America could have paid for instead. The math is damning. America First? Here’s the receipts.

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