They Got Money For Wars But Can't Feed The Poor

As a result of Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” that was passed by the Republicans in the legislative branch of the U.S. government (Congress) in 2025, the federal government is slashing funding to everything that benefits the proletariat (working) class in amerikkka, but has cut the taxes of the bourgeois (capitalist) class in amerikkka. This “Big Ugly Bill” legislation includes deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is estimated to be approximately $186 billion to $187 billion over 10 years (through 2034). This means fewer benefits, stricter eligibility, and less emergency allotment support. This legislation will drastically affect the number of poor children receiving free breakfast and lunch at public schools across the country. Because Trump has nothing but racist, incompetent, capitalistic PIGS around him, they thought these cuts to SNAP would primarily hurt Black and other oppressed communities of color who live in urban communities. Instead, these cuts to SNAP will hurt more white people who live in rural communities. Ironically, it is the white people in rural communities who voted overwhelmingly to put Trump into the Whacked (white) House for a second term.

On average, in fiscal year 2024, about 41.7 million people participated in SNAP per month. That represents about 12.3% of the U.S. population. SNAP is the largest federal nutrition assistance program, accounting for about 70% of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition-assistance spending. Among SNAP participants, 42% are adults aged 18-59, 39% are children under age 18, and 19% are adults aged 60 or older. Thus, the SNAP program serves a mix of working-age adults, children, and older adults. According to the USDA, the racial demographics of those receiving SNAP benefits are as follows: 35.3% are White, 26% are Black, 15.1% are Hispanic, 3.7% are Asian, 1.4% are Native-American, and 17% are “race unknown”. Even though non-White groups are overrepresented relative to their share of the U.S. population in many cases as a result of white supremacy and capitalism, White recipients remain the largest single racial group who are participants in SNAP.

In addition to the $20 - $25 billion already spent, Trump wants $200 billion more to finance the Iran War. Riddle me this! If we didn’t have the $186 billion to $187 billion to feed the poor, how in the hell do we have $225 billion to fight a war? The math ain’t mathing. Make it make sense! And let's address the elephant in the room. This war against Iran is not being fought because Iran was an imminent threat to amerikkka, but because president Pedophile hopes that his war crimes will distract us from his sex crimes and that we will forget about the Epstein files.

This is why a brilliant, Black, and bold poet by the name of Tupac Shakur sagaciously suggested of the Disunited States of amerikkka, “They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor.”

A top US Army commander, Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton publicly lambasted Donald Trump for starting a “blatantly unconstitutional” war with Iran and tore president Pedophile a new one for violating the Constitution in a statement in which he declared, "Men who know more about war than Donald Trump ever will warned him repeatedly about the risks to American lives by starting a war with Iran. Indeed, Trump himself predicted casualties in his speech to America. The Constitution could not be more clear. When launching wars of choice, especially with American lives in the balance, the president goes to Congress and Congress authorizes it. That did not happen, and these operations are blatantly unconstitutional. More to the point, these operations seem to have no focus. Trump says they’re to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but just last year he said we ‘obliterated’ that program. It seems to be targeting missile sites, but Trump says it is to stoke regime change. A war without focus is a war with no tangible goals. And a war with no goals ends up a Forever War."

Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton knows a thing or two about fighting poorly conceived wars in the Middle East, having commanded US troops during the Iraq War. He’s one of the most qualified people to comment on Trump’s reckless and illegal attacks on Iran.

Trump said these kinds of Forever Wars would never happen under his presidency. He lied. Just as he said he’d lower prices and bring back jobs, he lied.

"A high-ranking diplomatic source has confirmed that Iran received a 15-point plan from the United States aimed at ending the US-Israeli war on the country. But the source told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that Tehran described the US proposal as 'extremely maximalist and unreasonable. It is not beautiful, even on paper,' the source added, calling the plan deceptive and misleading in its presentation." (1,1)

The aforementioned comments were delivered as president Pedophile has asserted – in spite of Iranian denials – that negotiations are underway between Washington and Tehran to reach an agreement to end the nearly one-month conflict.

"The source explained that Iran has a clear understanding of what conditions it requires for a ceasefire and what it will reject. The source also stated there have been no direct Iran-US talks since the war began, but messages have been exchanged through a number of mediators. The response came hours after sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that Pakistan had shared US ceasefire demands with Iran, which has been under US-Israeli attack since February 28." (1,2)

Later on Wednesday (March 25, 2026), Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made it crystal clear that no negotiations are taking place between Tehran and Washington. However, he acknowledged that the US is sending messages through various intermediaries, which does not mean negotiations are taking place.

In comments shared by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, Araghchi stressed that "Tehran is not seeking war and wants a permanent end to the conflict." (1,3) In addition, he stressed that Iran is demanding redress for the devastation caused by weeks of US-Israeli attacks against Iran.

The Iranian English-language broadcaster Press TV quoted an anonymous official as saying that Iran had rejected the US ceasefire proposal.

“Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,” Press TV quoted the official as saying.

"The official offered Iran’s own five-point plan, which consisted of a halt to killings of its officials, the means to ensure no other war is waged against it, reparations for the war, the end of hostilities and Iran’s exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz”. (1,4)

Tehran is extremely doubtful of any communications from Washington, which has twice attacked it during high-level diplomatic talks, including the February 28 strikes that started the current war. "Iran’s rejection of the US proposal came as Israel launched air attacks on Tehran and Washington deployed paratroopers and more Marines to the region. Iran, meanwhile, launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a large fire at Kuwait International Airport." (1,5)

Dr. Huey P. Newton audaciously asserted, "It is our belief that the Black people in America are the only people who can free the world, loosen the yoke of colonialism, and destroy the war machine. Black people who are within the machine can cause it to malfunction. They can, because of their intimacy with the mechanism, destroy the engine that is enslaving the world. America will not be able to fight every Black country in the world and fight a civil war at the same time. It is militarily impossible to do both of these things at once..."

The New Afrikan Black Panther Party vehemently opposes the war in Iran. Its top U.S. counterterrorism official, Joe Kent, advised president Pedophile that Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the U.S. It is our belief that the war is an imperialist, racist, and capitalist endeavor that targets people of color, that will disproportionately send African (Black) Americans to fight for a democracy they are denied at home. We view the Iranian struggle as parallel to our own fight against white supremacy and oppression in the United States. The U.S. police occupy Black neighborhoods just as the military is being sent to occupy Iran. The U.S. government is an international law-breaking aggressor. We encourage Black G.I.'s to oppose the war. We believe that the resources spent on the war should have been used to improve the lives of Black people and other people of color in amerikkka. We view the conflict in Iran as a diversion from the struggle for liberation at home.

One of our demands in the Ten-Point Program of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party is, "We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression!" (2,1)

Sources

1. "Iran calls US proposal to end war 'maximalist, unreasonable'" by Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters and The Associated Press, aljazeera.com, March 25, 2026 - https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/3/25/iran-calls-us-proposal-to-end-war-maximalist-unreasonable

2. New Afrikan Black Panther Party https://www.wecumedia.com/post/new-afrikan-black-panther-party