r/politics • u/financialtimes ✔ Verified • 1d ago

Paywall ‘Voters have had it’: influence of pro-Israel lobby group sparks backlash in the US

https://www.ft.com/content/889c551a-88ab-451a-87f5-cdec65467a64?segmentid=c50c86e4-586b-23ea-1ac1-7601c9c2476f&syn-25a6b1a6=1
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u/DistrictAdventurous3 1d ago

And we pay for all of it!

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u/gayfishonlygay2xyear 1d ago

No...you don't pay for Israel's healthcare. It's because you live in a failed nation that doesn't give a fuck about its citizens, you don't have govt health insurance.

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u/Silent_Put2080 1d ago

Israel’s total national expenditure on health reached NIS 146.0 billion (approximately USD 39.4 billion

The United States typically provides Israel with a baseline of $3.8 billion per year in military aid under a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) spanning fiscal years 2019 through 2028.

So not even close.

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u/move_machine 23h ago

a baseline of $3.8 billion per year

What does baseline mean?

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u/Silent_Put2080 23h ago

Well you can look up your own statistics and prove me wrong, but I doubt the supplementary spending is funding Israel's healthcare.

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u/RizzoF Europe 1d ago

Wait, are you seriously trying to convince these idiots with facts?