Iran War Spending Could Fund Social Services

Rolling Stone argues that the early cost of Trump’s Iran war—about $11.3 billion in six days with a possible $200 billion supplemental—highlights a misalignment between military spending and domestic needs, noting that funds could have extended Medicaid subsidies, SNAP, child care, public broadcasting, and other social programs. The piece claims the administration used cost-cutting rhetoric to justify war while Congress and some lawmakers push back, urging priorities be shifted from overseas ventures to American welfare and public services.