Thats not true. There are different forms of US taxpayer aid to a rich foreign country (Israel) - military aid is one component of it. There is also economic aid, there are "loan guarantees" (which are never repaid), we subsidize their own defense industry and they repay by selling advanced weaponry to our enemies (e.g. the Chinese fighter planes carried Israeli missiles when they took down the US navy observation plane). I feel we ought give half of that aid to the Palestinians to build their businesses and infrastructure so these unfortunate 4 million refugees can have half-way decent lives as Europeans/Russians romp on Palestinian land in Tel Aviv.
I have read on other sites that the total $233 billion of US tax dollars to Israel. The main thing this money has bought is 66 years of conflict, growing terrorism and fundamentalism among 25% of the world that is muslim. That money would have been better spent on US roads, US schools, US education, US technology. I heard that Israel, a country with more millionaires per capita than the US, gets something like $14,000 per citizen per year from the US aid. If US aid and diplomatic immunity were pulled, the Israelis would be forced to find an honest peace based on international law rather than the law of the Merkava tank and F16
You forgot that the US allows tax exemptions for private donations to Israel - thus we lose tax revenue and help encourage financial support of Israel - Israel is the only such country which has this benefit. You also forgot that when Israel borrows money from us, they never have to pay it back - I think this is called the Cranston Amendment.
Thats not true. There are different forms of US taxpayer aid to a rich foreign country (Israel) - military aid is one component of it. There is also economic aid, there are "loan guarantees" (which are never repaid), we subsidize their own defense industry and they repay by selling advanced weaponry to our enemies (e.g. the Chinese fighter planes carried Israeli missiles when they took down the US navy observation plane). I feel we ought give half of that aid to the Palestinians to build their businesses and infrastructure so these unfortunate 4 million refugees can have half-way decent lives as Europeans/Russians romp on Palestinian land in Tel Aviv.
I have read on other sites that the total $233 billion of US tax dollars to Israel. The main thing this money has bought is 66 years of conflict, growing terrorism and fundamentalism among 25% of the world that is muslim. That money would have been better spent on US roads, US schools, US education, US technology. I heard that Israel, a country with more millionaires per capita than the US, gets something like $14,000 per citizen per year from the US aid. If US aid and diplomatic immunity were pulled, the Israelis would be forced to find an honest peace based on international law rather than the law of the Merkava tank and F16
You forgot that the US allows tax exemptions for private donations to Israel - thus we lose tax revenue and help encourage financial support of Israel - Israel is the only such country which has this benefit. You also forgot that when Israel borrows money from us, they never have to pay it back - I think this is called the Cranston Amendment.