A report by Brown University’s Watson Institute reveals that since the beginning of the war, the US has spent more than $22 billion on military aid to Israel - from weapons and equipment to the deployment of aircraft carriers. Israel receives more U.S. military aid than any other country and is uniquely able to use that funding to spend on domestic goods.
The total amount of American aid since the start of the war is about NIS 85 billion ($22 billion) based on an average exchange rate by the Bank of Israel over the past year. Most has been delivered but about $5.2 billion will only arrive next year. According to official estimates from the Bank of Israel, the total cost of the war is estimated to be about NIS 250 billion ($65 billion), including around NIS 118 billion ($31 billion) for military costs including army operational costs, replenishment of military equipment, ammunition, and logistical support. Therefore, by a simple calculation, the U.S. has been funding about 70% of the war effort.
70%... This is insane. A country that cannot "afford" genearal public healthcare. How is there no revolution happening in the US?
Forget affording public healthcare. Universal healthcare for all is actually estimated to decrease the overall healthcare spending for the country — problem is it would also decrease corporate profits.
That would cause GDP to go down. And we all know line can NEVER go down
Would be nice if that money went into schools, medical, housing...etc
even if we stopped funding the zionazis that money would just go to some other war
Just like post-WWII Europe with the Marshall plan, the "miracle" development of Israel, even outside of arms spending, is based on American money
It's so easy, if they just diverted half of their military spending to development funds, the world would be on its way to post-scarcity everywhere, and there would be little need for armies. But they'd risk losing top-dog status, and that can't be allowed.
Gotta love how there's always unlimited money for war, but never any money for the people actually living in Yankeestan.
Wow the MIC is going to collapse when kamalacaust ends the "war". \s
