What’s even worse is that the Israeli economy depends on Palestinian labor. Palestinians have practically none of the rights of Israelis, and are subject to genocide and settler-colonial terror, yet Palestinians do a large portion of underpaid labor propping up the Israeli economy. Palestinians are dehumanized, treated as tools to be used and discarded, and this is perfectly natural to Zionists because the conditions of settler-colonialism reinforce this view and create it. This is why a one-state solution is necessary, and Palestine must be free.
Bingo! Same with other anti-colonial and anti-imperialist countries. Cuba, the DPRK, Ireland, Algeria, Nicaragua, Yemen, China, and more are some of the most supportive countries in the world for Palestine.
Given the size of the US economy that is peanuts. Bill Clinton managed to pay for Israel and have a balanced budget. The real truth is that the US has cut taxes for the rich. That meant less income and still old levels of spending, hence more debt.
The problem is it’s no longer peanuts. The debt is larger than gdp and the debt payments are the largest government budget item.
We’re already in a crisis of not being able to afford anything and the debt is large enough to crowd that out.
For sure, tax cuts for the wealthy are a huge part of it, but so has the recent destruction of our economy and trade, random use of the military.
FYI - I believe Bill Clinton mostly grew his way out of debt. Hold things steady while growing the economy (so debt is lower percentage), bringing in more tax income, and lowering interest rates. We’re doing the opposite of all three
He did it partially by cutting Americans benefits.
We could be so much better if we actually taxed the wealthy, stopped funding Israel and invested in the country.
Sadly we have too many people who believe they would be effected by those tax increases because the country is extremely anti education precisely to keep them that way
Kinda. Funding the Zionist entity is a part of a grander strategy maintaining US global hegemony, via IP monopoly, control of the dollar, and dominance of the IMF and NATO. All of these institutions work together to allow the US to siphon an enormous amount of global wealth production into a handful of billionaire pockets. Supporting genocide isn’t the end itself, but a consequence of the means for that grander end of billionaire profit.
It’s not for nothing,it’s to fund Israel and his genocide
Also, Israel has universal healthcare.
And free higher education from what I’m told.
I’m not sure Israeli education is worth even zero dollars, given the kind of monsters it’s churning out.
When they’re not committing genocide they have a pretty good software and software security industry for a small country
Jewish people tend to have disproportionate numbers of Nobel Prize winners. Not sure how many of those are from Israel.
The same institution that gave Obama a peace prize for his participation in the genocide?
Never thought about this.
They really do fund a whole country that has way higher living standards (unless you’re “an Arab” of course) than their own.
What’s even worse is that the Israeli economy depends on Palestinian labor. Palestinians have practically none of the rights of Israelis, and are subject to genocide and settler-colonial terror, yet Palestinians do a large portion of underpaid labor propping up the Israeli economy. Palestinians are dehumanized, treated as tools to be used and discarded, and this is perfectly natural to Zionists because the conditions of settler-colonialism reinforce this view and create it. This is why a one-state solution is necessary, and Palestine must be free.
There’s a reason for the animosity of South Africa to Israel. They recognize an apartheid state and don’t like it.
Bingo! Same with other anti-colonial and anti-imperialist countries. Cuba, the DPRK, Ireland, Algeria, Nicaragua, Yemen, China, and more are some of the most supportive countries in the world for Palestine.
Given the size of the US economy that is peanuts. Bill Clinton managed to pay for Israel and have a balanced budget. The real truth is that the US has cut taxes for the rich. That meant less income and still old levels of spending, hence more debt.
The problem is it’s no longer peanuts. The debt is larger than gdp and the debt payments are the largest government budget item.
We’re already in a crisis of not being able to afford anything and the debt is large enough to crowd that out.
For sure, tax cuts for the wealthy are a huge part of it, but so has the recent destruction of our economy and trade, random use of the military.
FYI - I believe Bill Clinton mostly grew his way out of debt. Hold things steady while growing the economy (so debt is lower percentage), bringing in more tax income, and lowering interest rates. We’re doing the opposite of all three
I am not talking about the debt of the US, but what the US pays Israel being peanuts compared to the kind of money the US government has.
He did it partially by cutting Americans benefits.
We could be so much better if we actually taxed the wealthy, stopped funding Israel and invested in the country.
Sadly we have too many people who believe they would be effected by those tax increases because the country is extremely anti education precisely to keep them that way
Kinda. Funding the Zionist entity is a part of a grander strategy maintaining US global hegemony, via IP monopoly, control of the dollar, and dominance of the IMF and NATO. All of these institutions work together to allow the US to siphon an enormous amount of global wealth production into a handful of billionaire pockets. Supporting genocide isn’t the end itself, but a consequence of the means for that grander end of billionaire profit.