Prioritize the needs of our citizens above all else

This is a comparison of the assistance the U.S. government provides to foreign countries and illegal immigrants versus the support available for U.S. citizens.


US Government Assistance to Foreign Countries (So far for this year 2024)

$24,400,000,000 to Ukraine.
$11,300,000,000 to Israel.
$1,950,000,000 to Ethiopia.
$1,600,000,000 to Jordan.
$1,400,000,000 to Egypt.
$1,100,000,000 to Afghanistan.
$1,100,000,000 to Somalia.
$1,000,000,000 to Yemen.
$987,000,000 to Congo.
$896,000,000 to Syria.

Total: $45,733,000,000

(For financial support, military aid, food assistance, and health programs)


US Government Assistance for Illegal Immigrant

$129,600,000,000,000,000 to illegal immigrant ($9,000 per illegal immigrant that has entered the U.S. from January- June 2024 current estimates 1.44 million according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

(For Food Assistance, Clothing Assistance, Counseling Services, Health Insurance, Employment Support, Housing Assistance, Public Education, Adult Education, Immigration Legal Services, Phone and service)


US Government most recent Assistance for American Citizens

$3,750,000,000 to approximately 5 million people (Americans who have lost everything to Hurricane Helene will be getting $750, courtesy of FEMA)

$11,000,000,000 for approximately 33,000 Homeless Veterans (For housing, health care, and supportive services)

$3,700,000,000 for approximately 580,000 General Homeless (For shelter, medical care, or long-term housing solutions)

Total: $17,600,000,000


My Thoughts

Our country is currently facing significant challenges, including rising costs for food, gas, electricity, and housing. It’s essential that we prioritize the needs of our nation and its citizens above all else, ensuring they have the resources necessary to lead fulfilling lives and support their families. It seems we have lost our way in this regard.


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More than 1 million guns were stolen from private citizens from 2017 to 2021

stolen guns

A huge way those legally purchased firearms get into the hands of criminals is through theft, the ATF said. In five years, there were more than 1 million firearms stolen from private citizens and reported to authorities.

There’s a caveat here, however. Federal law doesn’t require individual gun owners to report the loss or theft of their firearms to the police. And while local laws vary, it also isn’t a requirement in many states to report a stolen gun, either — so the number of gun thefts could be much higher.

Regardless, Nichols, with Giffords, called this number “horrifying.”

“It shows that we really have a serious problem with guns that are not being stored safely in order to prevent this,” she said.

Research done in recent years has emphasized the importance of safely storing guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, reports that “households that locked both firearms and ammunition were associated with a 78 percent lower risk of self-inflicted firearm injuries and an 85 percent lower risk of unintentional firearm injuries among children and teens, compared to those that locked neither.”

But state laws vary widely on mandates for secure storage.

This new data from the ATF can further educate policymakers on the need for regulations mandating safe storage, Nichols said.

Roughly 4.6 million children live in a home with loaded and unlocked firearms, studies have shown.


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UVALDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING

The U.S. is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence

And over 80% of mass shooters at K-12 schools stole guns from family members, according to research funded by the National Institute of Justice (a program of the U.S. Justice Department) that examined mass shootings that took place from 1966 to 2019.