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For decades, Americans have been told a comforting lie: that the United States is the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth-and that its global commitments reflect moral leadership. But millions of ordinary families know a very different truth. They live in a country where healthcare is unaffordable, wages are stagnant, childcare is impossible, housing is scarce, infrastructure is collapsing, and entire communities are left behind. Meanwhile, billions of taxpayer dollars flow overseas every year, funding foreign militaries, subsidizing social programs abroad, and propping up allies with guaranteed aid packages that often overshadow investments made in the American people themselves. This book exposes the harsh reality hidden behind patriotic rhetoric and political talking points. It reveals how a government that claims it ""cannot afford"" basic services for its citizens somehow never runs out of money for foreign aid, military expansion, and strategic alliances insulated from public scrutiny. It unpacks the shocking contradictions: foreign nations benefiting from social programs Americans are told are unrealistic; military aid continuing uninterrupted during shutdowns while federal workers go unpaid; and domestic safety nets shrinking while foreign obligations grow. Across thirty gripping, critical, deeply researched chapters, this book examines: Why U.S. foreign aid is protected even when American families suffer The human cost of government shutdowns on workers, veterans, mothers, and children How foreign nations enjoy healthcare, education, and child benefits Americans lack The role of political lobbying, media narratives, and corporate profit in sustaining aid How military spending and international commitments inflate the national debt The deterioration of America's social contract-and how to rebuild it A bold blueprint for a people-first budget and a new foreign policy rooted in accountability This is not a call for isolationism. It is a demand for priorities. A demand that the United States care for its own citizens with the same urgency it brings to foreign commitments. A demand that transparency replace secrecy, that accountability replace political convenience, and that moral leadership begin at home. This book challenges the assumptions that have shaped U.S. policy for decades and asks the questions political leaders refuse to confront: Why are Americans told to accept less while their tax dollars fund stability elsewhere? Why is domestic suffering treated as unavoidable while foreign aid is treated as sacred? And what would the nation look like if its government finally placed the American people first? For readers who feel unheard, unseen, and unrepresented, this book is a voice. For those questioning America's spending priorities, it offers clarity. For anyone seeking a path toward a stronger, fairer, more honest future, it offers a vision. This is a book for taxpayers, workers, students, parents, veterans, activists, and anyone who believes the United States must reclaim its moral compass-starting with the people who call it home.

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