Comment on Why is the US so into Israel?
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoWithout the US pumping all our tax dollars into it they wouldn’t have the money for universal healthcare, free college and unlimited war and genocide
Comment on Why is the US so into Israel?
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoWithout the US pumping all our tax dollars into it they wouldn’t have the money for universal healthcare, free college and unlimited war and genocide
CannedYeet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are you sure about that?
Looks like the US gives Israel about $3B per year.
usafacts.org/…/how-much-military-aid-does-the-us-…
Versus Israel’s GDP of about $700B
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel
I think the main form of aid is the access to US weapons and technology and that’s largely about subsidizing the US defense industry. I think I read somewhere that US aid to Israel is literally sometimes in the form of vouchers/coupons they have to spend on weapons/defense tech.
That’s not to say we shouldn’t cut off that aid when it’s used to commit atrocities. Just saying get the facts straight.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We’ve given them over 30billion in cash and military equipment since January 1st. Trump literally bypassed congress to gift them a new fleet of fighter jets. We shouldn’t be paying them jack shit because they obviously are doing better according to you