While Terrorists Count Our Millions, American Families Count Hypothermia Hours. Thanks for the Warm Wishes, Uncle Sam
Picture this: While American families huddle in doorways during Ohio's brutal winters, freezing winds howling at sub-zero temps that claim lives every year, our government wires $40 million a week, every single week to the Taliban in Afghanistan. These are the same thugs who sheltered Osama bin Laden and turned a nation into a hellhole for women and girls. But back home? The feds are slashing funds that keep our own people off the streets. It's a sick joke, and the punchline is thousands of Americans about to lose their roofs over their heads. This isn't compassion; it's betrayal.
Let's break it down, no sugarcoating. Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, the U.S. has pumped billions in "humanitarian aid" into Afghanistan, over $5 billion in cash shipments alone, flown in like pizza delivery for terrorists. Lawmakers like Rep. Tim Burchett have called it out: $40 million weekly, taxpayer dollars, getting taxed and pocketed by the Taliban. They skim millions just to let the aid through, turning our money into their war chest. Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted $10 million went straight to them in taxes by late 2024, and the cash keeps flowing in 2025. That's $2 billion a year propping up an enemy regime while our vets, moms, dads, men and women of all ages and working poor get told to pound sand.
Now look at the nightmare hitting home. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just gutted the Continuum of Care program, the main lifeline for permanent supportive housing. It used to let 87% of the money go to real homes with wrap-around services (the proven "Housing First" model that actually ends homelessness). The new rule? Caps it at 30%. Starting January 1, 2026, they’re yanking stable housing and forcing the money into short-term shelters that kick people out if they don’t jump through hoops. No extra dollars to fill the gap. Ohio alone could lose $80 million out of its $178 million, putting over 10,000 Ohioans (part of 170,000 nationwide) back on the street.
Winter in Ohio is a killer. Temperatures drop to 20 below zero, snow buries everything, and the wind cuts straight to the bone. Last year homelessness already jumped 3%, with 11,759 people without shelter statewide and 2,556 in Franklin County alone. Now imagine a disabled veteran, a domestic-violence survivor.
Shelters are already full. Tents turn into ice boxes. People freeze to death under bridges. Ohio loses dozens every single winter to hypothermia. This policy isn’t reform; it’s a death sentence handed down by bureaucrats who’ve never felt that cold.
The hypocrisy gets worse. While American citizens wait years for Section 8 vouchers that never come, FEMA poured $650 million in 2024 alone into hotels, food, and services for migrants at the border. Kids here illegally often get free school meals and health care that struggling U.S. families can’t access. Meanwhile, FEMA froze $117 million meant for homeless American families this year. Born-here citizens are treated like garbage while others walk in and get handed the keys.
Ohio’s leaders? Silent. Twenty states, led by New York, sued HUD in November to stop these cuts, calling them unlawful chaos that endangers 170,000 lives. Cities like Columbus filed their own lawsuit back in May. Nonprofits joined in December. But Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost? He didn’t lift a finger. No lawsuit, no support, nothing. He left Ohio’s most vulnerable to freeze while he chased headlines somewhere else.
Homelessness is NOT a crime, it’s what happens when the country you paid taxes to and fought for turns its back on you. These cuts will cost lives, fill emergency rooms, and pack jails with people arrested just for trying to stay alive. Over 170,000 Americans, including veterans who served this nation, now face the streets because Washington would rather send pallets of cash to terrorists than keep its own people warm.
This is America’s shame. Reverse the HUD cuts. Demand Ohio’s leaders fight. Our people deserve better than crumbs while enemies get billions.
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Now look at the nightmare hitting home. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just gutted the Continuum of Care program, the main lifeline for permanent supportive housing. It used to let 87% of the money go to real homes with wrap-around services (the proven "Housing First" model that actually ends homelessness). The new rule? Caps it at 30%. Starting January 1, 2026, they’re yanking stable housing and forcing the money into short-term shelters that kick people out if they don’t jump through hoops. No extra dollars to fill the gap. Ohio alone could lose $80 million out of its $178 million, putting over 10,000 Ohioans (part of 170,000 nationwide) back on the street.
Winter in Ohio is a killer. Temperatures drop to 20 below zero, snow buries everything, and the wind cuts straight to the bone. Last year homelessness already jumped 3%, with 11,759 people without shelter statewide and 2,556 in Franklin County alone. Now imagine a disabled veteran, a domestic-violence survivor.
Shelters are already full. Tents turn into ice boxes. People freeze to death under bridges. Ohio loses dozens every single winter to hypothermia. This policy isn’t reform; it’s a death sentence handed down by bureaucrats who’ve never felt that cold.
The hypocrisy gets worse. While American citizens wait years for Section 8 vouchers that never come, FEMA poured $650 million in 2024 alone into hotels, food, and services for migrants at the border. Kids here illegally often get free school meals and health care that struggling U.S. families can’t access. Meanwhile, FEMA froze $117 million meant for homeless American families this year. Born-here citizens are treated like garbage while others walk in and get handed the keys.
Ohio’s leaders? Silent. Twenty states, led by New York, sued HUD in November to stop these cuts, calling them unlawful chaos that endangers 170,000 lives. Cities like Columbus filed their own lawsuit back in May. Nonprofits joined in December. But Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost? He didn’t lift a finger. No lawsuit, no support, nothing. He left Ohio’s most vulnerable to freeze while he chased headlines somewhere else.
Homelessness is NOT a crime, it’s what happens when the country you paid taxes to and fought for turns its back on you. These cuts will cost lives, fill emergency rooms, and pack jails with people arrested just for trying to stay alive. Over 170,000 Americans, including veterans who served this nation, now face the streets because Washington would rather send pallets of cash to terrorists than keep its own people warm.
This is America’s shame. Reverse the HUD cuts. Demand Ohio’s leaders fight. Our people deserve better than crumbs while enemies get billions.
Sources:
- U.S. aid to Afghanistan/Taliban: Newsweek, Rep. Tim Burchett statements, SIGAR reports
- HUD cuts & Ohio impact: 10TV Columbus, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- State lawsuits against HUD: Politico (Nov 2025), The Hill, Columbus Dispatch (May 2025)
- Migrant vs. citizen aid contrasts: American Immigration Council, Prospect.org on FEMA freezes
- Ohio homelessness stats: Ohio Balance of State Continuum of Care 2024 report
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