Imagine what 3.3bn would do for education in the United States? Fuck Iseral's "security", they can take care of themselves.
Israel is currently secure enough to be able to commit a genocide while also starting conflicts with neighboring countries. They're acting like they can take care of things on their own, so let them.
Budgeting around mom's credit card is a nad idea unless you are Israel.
My husband's theory is that Epstein was a mossad asset so it's more like don't spend moms credit card unless you found her cp stash.
Not even getting into how Israels have all the "socialism" stuff we say we can't afford for ourselves.
If universal healthcare and free college isn't worth it for Americans, why are we giving Israel billions annually? Shouldn't Israel stop that "frivolous" spending to lower the amount they need from foreign countries?
But like, when they House votes 422-6 for something like this, it's pointless to think logic will change the mind of any of the 422.
It's a hard thing to admit, but we need to be able to say a foreign government has clearly bought off both parties of our government.
And nothing will convince the compromised politicians to stop, we have to vote them out. D or R every one of those 422 needs to go. MTG still needs to go too, there's plenty of other reasons
Seriously. We subsidize them to the point where they have universal healthcare, social safety nets, robust education, and in return they turned Palestine into a prison state, and now a literal genocide.
We need to realize that Israel gets free passes because their Epstein honey pot ensnared generations of western political leaders, and that's why in America, we need to purge our political leadership of anyone over 65 for registered parties. The world they grew up in is gone, and they were the ones that destroyed it. They can hand over the reigns, or be removed from them forcefully
They're fighting proxy wars we pay them to fight.
Israel has never fought a conflict that was not in their own interest. Israeli troops have never died to help the US.
I agree Israel should not be subsidized by the states but 3.3 billion is about ten dollars per American.
If that money were all distributed to our education system, it would only really go to the children of the US, so it makes less sense to evaluate that money on a per-american basis.
That money would also be going to institutions as opposed to the students, so a more practical evaluation would be to see what amounts would go to each school.
At the end of the day, though, we know that $3.3bn isn't going to education - not even a bit.
Of which, roughly speaking about 23% are under 18 and school-aged if census.gov is to be trusted
Around $40 per student could still do an incredible amount of good across our national school system. A given school's graduating class might range anywhere from 50-2,000 students and you'll have 3-4 of those per school. That's potentially $320,000 for a single large school by this napkin math assuming those funds are distributed perfectly evenly according to student population. If put to more strategic use this could be an incredible boon to lower income schools in many, many areas.
At the same time, we spend $5.2 billion a year to provide 2.4 billion breakfasts in over 90,000 schools and residential child care institutions. $3.3 million more could feed a lot of hungry kids.
3.3 billion.
Right, that's what I meant
That’s just for a single military program. We also give $18 Billion a year to Israel and have given something like $200 Billion over the last 70 years to Israel.
It would do something the GOP doesn’t like. Create people who understand science and reasoning, which is bad for the base.
Remember folks, Ms. She-wolf of The SS wants to cut funding to Israel because of her raging hatred of Jewish people and not for the plight of the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli state. Also, something something Rothschild Space Lasers, something something George Soros.
Yeah this bill cuts funding for the iron dome, putting Israeli civilians in danger without cutting funding for the bombs being used to kill Palestinians, and Iranians, and ... Every other neighboring country. Ask this does is ensure even more people in the middle east will die.
counterpoint: weakening the iron dome will increase pressure on Israel to stop its aggressive behavior.
Not as much as not giving them the weapons at all
The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday,
Why is the only thing both sides enthusiastically agree on is giving billions to Israel?
ETA:
"It's becoming like, wait a minute, what about our own country? What about our own people?"
You're this close Marjorie. "Our own country?" No, They own the country. "Our own people?" They own the people.
Every one of my reps has AIPAC high on their donor list. I am unsure what to say any longer when I call. It feels like my "voice" is too cheap.
They are God's chosen people, after all. And you, my fellow American, are God's chosen people's piggy bank. That'll be $500,000,000 to keep killing brown people, even AOC says you gotta pay up.
You go girl! I mean, fuck you, but also you go girl!
She's MAGA (AKA a Nazi-fetishist), so the motivations are most definitely Jewish-hatred.
There I elaborated your feelings
Yes, it's wild that the only politicians criticizing Israel are doing it for the wrong reason.
Except for Spain. I think Spain is the only country doing the right thing here for the right reason. Go Spain! And South Africa. Shame on everyone else.
And Ireland
This was a performative act to drive the narrative. She looks a fool cause she didn't realize the party only follows along to orders from the top (i.e. not her).
And y'all are still playing into it. So it's working anyways. WTF
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IIRC it was to cut defensive weapon funding ie. Iron Dome. Offensive weapons weren't being touched.
Doesn't matter. If they know the iron dome is funded they will act more violent knowing they won't face retaliation.
She's gone so far right that she's circled around.
Hurrr durrr horseshoe theory
Insert "we are not the same" meme
aoc voted against it, and her crashout over the criticism she's getting is not looking good. she's throwing the squad under the bus trying to double down on her inane decision.
Can you explain in detail what you mean? I see her bluesky and she clearly shared the roll call with her voting against the funding.
Edit: nvm i found out by reading the comments on her post. She didnt support an amendment to the defense bill and epsitne didnt kill himself.
Doesn't cut any offensive weapons shipments. US is still supporting Israel's genocide.
Marjorie Karen Green actually did something moral for once, and I have mixed feelings.
Nah. It's still sending money to Israel, just a tiny bit less. It's still sending money for weapons to continue the genocide. Just because it's a little less makes zero effect on the morality, it's still furthering the genocide. It's just phrased to make you think it's doing something to cause less harm. It's not.
What
Why
Confluence of isolationism and being an actual Nazi type, if you forgot about the Jewish Space Lasers.
What if they go so far politically right... they come out the other side?
Nah....
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