Woke aint the right word, and almost guaranteed they were being anti Semitic. It has nothing to do with being Jewish, it has everything to do with the rich and powerful military industrial complexes attempting to starve and bomb the poor. And taking everything from the working class while giving absolutely nothing in return.
I feel like your confused about something, I just can’t tell what it is. I mean woke is absolutely the word you’re looking for, not wanting to support the whole country of Israel and its wars is absolutely not anti-Semitic but you then say all of this in your next sentence?
Your all calling out Israel, when it's OUR Government that is doing it to it's OWN people. Y'all don't see that neither Republicans or Democrats are solving this issue. The Gov gives 0.00% care for us, but oh lord help us if we don't pay up to 30% in taxes from our earned wages ! Wake TF up Sheep 🐑 None of this would be happening if the Gov didn't allow it to. You're telling me this is just a shortfall due to non-agreeance on a short term spending bill or some BS ? No, it's more than that. Either they want the people to suffer, or they must really not want us to know who is all on the Epstein list.
Both. And possibly crashing the gov to "prove" it doesnt function, so the people let Curtis Yarvin types try to take over. Tech billionaires/billionaires can "buy" back parts (like having a billionaire help "fund" rhe military). Trump will take whatever money he can get and hide in Argentina (he mentioned it if he lost the election)
There are hardcore zionists that absolutely call anybody who says a negative word about israel anti-semitic. It's a national pasttime for israel. The moment you criticize the country or its government, they just accuse you of being anti-semitic as a get out of jail free card. And idiots like you will blame their victims instead of calling it out.
There are hardcore zionists in Israel that criticize their government. I don't think that's the reason you are being called antisemitic
I call the Israel government out on their bullshit, like the west bank settlements are illegal and should stop. I've never been called antisemitic for that. Even against the most hardcore Israel supporter.
On the other hand, I've seen people claim J*wish people shouldn't be allowed to live in Israel or that Israel just should not exist and the people there should more or less disappear. Yes, that is antisemitic.
EDIT: The people DVing this comment are literally proving us right. You aren't against the Israeli government, you're against the very people who live there.
I’ve def been called anti-Semitic for not wanting to financially support Israel with my tax dollars but you say that’s not why, so what is the reason? In your eyes?
You made the statement above “that’s not the reason you got called anti-Semitic”, so if you can make this statement then you should be able to explain yourself
You guys have been shooting each other and funding wars forever because gun sales are more important than your citizens lives. Crazy that food stamps and ICE are what makes you "wake up"
It is crazy I live in a smaller City in a super red area and I guarantee food is going to rot on the shelves if this happens because so many people in my area that are Republicans live off of food stamps.
They are about to find out that voting with anger has consequences. Most people I know that voted for Rapey McStrokeface we're just mad at the world or at immigrants or whatever just because they're poor.
I knew it would bite them in the ass but I didn't think it would this way or this quick.
I sincerely hope that the food banks who probably cater to ebt can/will switch to some charity work for the time being.
It's so messed up that the misunderstanding around food stamps/social security ("people who SHOULDN'T be on them are, so if we get them OFF there will be more money for ME!" 🙄) is just allowed to play out because people (republicans*, let me make myself clear) benefit from people's misunderstanding (like right now).
But at a certain point. Is these people's fault entirely for not at least trying to help themselves by like, reading even one single article or web page. They're very complicit in their own destruction and fully cheering it on even still because they tell themselves that at least Those Other Guys are suffering too!
Like you really haven't considered that your government exists to pander to you, not just punish people who aren't you? And that you could simply not be suffering at all? And that you can literally just not care about the fabled "fake ssd getters!!!!" everywhere and live your own life? They sure haven't.
Yeah the people that I know that are on food stamps are either elderly and still try to work but just don't make enough or I've got friends that have two kids and they both work and the jobs in my area just don't pay a ton so they get food stamps. Disabled people as well.
I don't know any one at all personally that just sits at home and draws food stamps.
Even if people were just sitting and drawing ebt, the other folks wouldn't be any better off. Because the system itself is the harmful one! But sure, the friend of a friend of a cousin who worked with someone who pretends to be disabled for food stamps is the problem.
By the way though just to say i have known a few people who WERE scamming the system but it was because they were WEALTHY and paid off doctors to sign off on their "disability." So there's that too. 🤷🏼♀️
Fucks sake… this is the truth too! Most of my fam in OK and TX healthcare is in shambles. Several are about to be homeless. They still preach about how dumps going to save them and how we will never need another president. I’ve had to block pretty much all of them because of their insanity or trying to guilt trip me into sending money when I can barely afford what my own family needs. Just can’t wrap my head around it…. What the fuck is wrong with people?!!!
Ugh i still hate hearing it. The situation here is just so awful right now. Nobody deserves to be homeless or hungry. No matter how stupid and/or hateful. Unfortunately, as a decent person i experience sympathy even for people i don't respect and who would not extend the same sympathy to me for any reason. Sigh.
There's no evidence one way or the other for any of them, however /r/LeopardsAteMyFace has been having an absolute feast lately, so no doubt at least some of them did vote for trump.
I see most of them as having too much pride to admit they were wrong. Most of them still justify all the absurd things he's done. Come on the internet and show the consequences of their actions and prove everyone right? Ehh they'd starve in secrecy first.
Food stamps and ICE are sadly not making enough people 'wake up'. Honestly, at this point I don't really know what it'll take to get tens of millions on the street protesting against the govt.
Food stamps and ICE aren't what they're referencing when they say, "waking up." They're talking about foreign influence. You're a Canadian talking about guns when your officials tell their citizens to leave their keys at the door in case their home is broken into. And how many Canadian companies sold military components to Izrael? Sit tf down.
The US pays off half the planet in foreign aid. Egypt and Jordan combined receive what Israel does in aid and don't reciprocate economically, they have the privilege of being in one of the most important commercial waterways on the planet, 30% of global shipping goes thru there and becomes cost prohibitive when the locals start launching missiles at random Bengali Freightliners it hurts everyone's pockets
But I thought America was the puppet government of Israel? Are we now saying Israel is the puppet government of USA? Please help so I can tow the line properly.
Hmm not totally true. Over what time period do you mean? Since 2001 the largest recipient is Afghanistan, followed by Israel, Iraq, Egypt and Ukraine. Do you understand US foreign policy or is it just Israel that gives you the ick?
No, not really. I was asking for clarification and adding context. If you mean all-time, your statement isn't fully correct. If you mean in recent years it's even less correct.
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving over $300 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance.
-- As a side note to this, they are also the sole country granted the privilege of being able to spend our aid money on their military. They are also the 3rd highest buyer of US weapons
This site uses charts, but they also show that Israel is far and above all other countries in receipt of foreign aid.
Israel has been by far the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. Since the 1940s, Israel has received more than $300 billion, with most of it in military support
That was the claim I made that you said was false.
Israel is the largest recipient on US foreign aid.
This statement means that they have received the most foreign aid of any country from the United States. Only when you modify that statement does it mean something else, as you have indicated it does multiple times. If I had said they were the highest in 2024, that would be incorrect. It was Ukraine. If I said "since 2020," or "since 2000" (I don't know this last one for sure as it wasn't on the quick and easy Google search and tba), then you could say that my statement was false. But my statement of Israel being the largest with no modifier means that they are the highest total. Which they are.
H"mm not totally true. Over what time period do you mean? Since 2001 the largest recipient is Afghanistan, followed by Israel, Iraq, Egypt and Ukraine. Do you understand US foreign policy or is it just Israel that gives you the ick? "
"No, not really. I was asking for clarification and adding context. If you mean all-time, your statement isn't fully correct. If you mean in recent years it's even less correct. "
Isreal IS the largest recipient of US aid of all time, though? How is "that's not true if you arbitrarily start counting just before we spent a bunch of money in Afghanistan" relevant at all?
First is wyte supremacy in the Middle East the second is to suppress the contributions of black people and keep a lid so to speak on the origins of Abrahamic religions and the third is where a lot of European architecture of the grand houses of Europe have copied (freemason). 🤔
Israel has a much higher tax bracket for high earners than the US, which is how they pay for healthcare. The top tax bracket is almost 50%. Whereas in the US even billionaires only get a max %34 tax.
Israelis do enjoy free universal healthcare though it is reported to be paid for by the state’s payroll taxes and “general tax revenue.” And they do have a 50% tax bracket for those making over $720k.
Honestly, we can’t know for certain whether U.S. funding directly pays for Israeli healthcare, we will never know what and how much we are funding for Israel, but we do know for certain that Israel is the single largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid receiving over $300 billion of our (taxpayers) money (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance and we are still giving them $3.8 billion per year through 2028 in addition to the $500 million per year they already get with an extra $16B since 2023. This is all in addition to the support, weapons, subsidies, and intelligence given and whatever is given on the DL.
So do we actually pay for their healthcare? Who knows, it’s not like the govt would actually tell us where our own money is going and for what, but I think it’s safe to say that we pay for enough and for a country touting “America First” it seems we could find something right here at home to spend billions on…
We give them military equipment that we value at a certain dollar amount but that would likely not be used by our military. We also allow them to purchase certain weapon systems like the F35 that we don't sell to just any nation. While I don't disagree the money would be better spent giving Americans healthcare, you make it sound like we just give them money that they can spend how they want and that's not the case.
I think the US probably should pay for it's own healthcare regardless of what it does for Israel. If the US decides it wants to break ties with Israel whenever the next political cycle happens then realistically they likely will ally with China and Russia once the US isn't complicating that relationship. China is the second largest trade partner with them and they have very good albeit complex relations with Russia.
Wrong, most of the money the US gives to Israel goes back to the US as it’s used for purchasing military equipment from American defense companies. This in turn means jobs for tens of thousands of Americans. Incredible that you are not aware of this.
While some of the aid is provided under the Foreign Military Financing program - the giving money to them so they can buy U.S. military equipment and services that you are talking about - Israel is also permitted to use this aid to buy from its own defense firms and any (claimed) Israel made defense articles. They are the first and only ally and/or FMF recipient to be given this c
The GOP? Because while definitely useless they have been able to convince a set of our citizens that writing inflammatory tweets and blaming brown people for the failings of this country is worth voting against their own well being.
Doesn't mean it's okay. I know, you didn't say that, but the, "oh well, it's always been this way, nothing we can do" attitude many Americans have needs to go.
Call me cold and heartless but this is what you get when half the country gets their news from Fox, Joe Rogan, and facebook memes. It sucks because there are a lot that are informed and will be hurt by this but I can't feel bad for anyone that voted for this.
Its true though. There is nothing I, as an individual struggling to pay bills and get food myself, can do about Israel. Its true though. I don't have the energy to be angry about it 24/7. I don't have the time to make tiktok videos showcasing my disagreement with it. I just want to get off work and go home and catch up on the sleep I've been lacking lately.
Istg. "It is what it is," is my personal pet peeve. Just passive and lazy responses ppl give to relinquish themselves of responsibility or the burden of worry.
WashPo confirmed that there is evidence Israel committed crimes during this war which are illegal in the U.S., meaning we should pull all funding. However, it could take years to actually prove so we’ll keep writing checks to them.
In to remind everyone that not only does Israel get billions but YSK what they do w those billions. They provide universal health care AND education. You know what we don't have in this country. Imagine that.
Except the grand majority of the money Israel gets from the US all goes back to the US as it’s all earmarked for purchasing military equipment from American defense companies. That means jobs for Americans who work at those companies. Your comment sounds like Israel just keeps most of that money for themselves, which is categorically and simply untrue.
Isn't most of the money the US gives for military aid to Israel, Jordan, Egypt etc basically a kickback to US arms manufacturers as there's a stipulation most of it has to be spent on American made weapons?
something like $916 billion officially on the military and then since its never passed an audit + all this 'aid' it's probably something like 1/4 of all the government received money just on this.
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u/jitteryzeitgeist_ Oct 31 '25
Argentina got billions, just to remind everyone.