STOP Funding Warfare; Prioritize Homes, Healthcare & Childcare
I am writing to you today as a constituent and voter who tired of our nation’s resources, reputation, and moral standing be incinerated in the fires of perpetual self-inflicted Trump drama. I am demanding an immediate end to the aggression and war with Iran. It is time to stop prioritizing military expansionism over the survival of the American people.
1. The Fiscal Absurdity: Audits and Debt
Our national debt has exceeded $34 trillion, yet the appetite for military spending remains gluttonous. Most egregiously, the Pentagon has now failed eight consecutive audits, unable to account for trillions of dollars in assets and spending. It is a fiscal insult to every working American that we are considering funding a new, high-intensity conflict when the Department of Defense cannot even pass a basic accounting test. We are essentially writing blank checks to a black hole while our own infrastructure crumbles.
2. Nepotism and the Privatization of Foreign Policy
The American public is increasingly—and rightly—skeptical of foreign policy objectives that mirror the private interests of the ruling elite. The blatant nepotism and corruption involving the Trump family, specifically Eric Trump and Jared Kushner, have crossed the lines between national security and private gain.
When Kushner secures billions in foreign investment from the very regions influenced by our military posture, and Eric Trump continues to manage global business interests under the shadow of the presidency, the American people see a conflict of interest that compromises our diplomacy. We cannot allow the lives of our service members to be used as leverage for the "Art of the Deal."
3. War Crimes and the Language of Aggression
Aggression toward Iran—whether through "maximum pressure" sanctions that starve civilians or direct kinetic action— crosses the line into war crimes. The use of dehumanizing war crime language to justify the targeting of civilian infrastructure & the collective punishment of a civilian population is a stain on our national character. Under international law, unprovoked aggression is a supreme international crime. We must return to the table of diplomacy, not because it is easy, but because the alternative is a moral and legal catastrophe.
4. A Mandate for the American People
While we funnel billions into the machinery of war, the average American is suffocating under the weight of basic survival. Our priorities are fundamentally broken:
Housing: Millions are priced out of the American dream, facing a catastrophic shortage of affordable homes.
Healthcare: We remain the only developed nation where a medical diagnosis can lead to total bankruptcy.
Childcare: Families are spending more on childcare than on their mortgages, stifling our workforce and our future.
Food Security: In the wealthiest nation on earth, children are going to bed hungry.
Every missile aimed at Tehran is a hospital we didn't fund; every carrier group deployed is a generation of students we failed to educate. I urge you to exercise your Constitutional authority to restrain the executive branch, demand accountability for the Pentagon’s financial negligence, and pivot our national resources back to the American people.
History will judge this body by whether you chose to fund a needless war or chose to feed your own people. Choose the latter.
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