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We Spend a Lot More on Welfare Than Bombs. And That's a Problem

By David Harsanyi
Monday, September 07 2026

The other day, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani told Qatari state media that the United States was "spending tens of billions of dollars on killing people" when that money "could have been used to make life easier" for the public. "There always seems to be money for war," he went on, "but not to feed the poor." The United States, in reality, spends immense amounts of money feeding and taking care of the poor – far more than it does on war. Yet, if you listened to the Left, you'd think military spending was driving the debt and squeezing…

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