Budget Cuts in all the Wrong Places

   An opinion writer for the New York Times named Mark Bittman decided to fast to oppose the newly proposed budget cuts in congress. The new budget would cut the WIC program which feeds over 18 million women, infants, and children. It would also deny over 4 million people the access to malaria medicine. Bittman makes it a point to say that this would hardly make a dent in the budget and is not worth it. It would cause people to starve who are struggling and put that money into defense. Why does our government always spend so much money for defense. At a certain point, being able to feed people in the US has to be more important than building weapons. I think we should use some of our military funding and transfer it to help the poor and people who are struggling to put food on the table.


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