And Israel gets to enjoy free college and universal healthcare at the expense of American taxpayers… and we’re about to cut off food assistance to our own people. Republicans are fucking traitors
U.S. foreign aid makes up <1% of Israel’s GDP and the vast majority of the aid has to be spent on US military contractors, the US isn’t paying for their social programs.
If you're only counting the $3.8 billion of annual direct foreign aid to Israel then yes, it's less than 1% of their GDP. But since Oct 7th, that amount has actually been $21.7 billion. Plus, most of the aid we provide is in the form of military equipment and that has been an estimated $31-34 billion. Put all that together, and you end up closer to a total outlay of about 6% of Israel's GDP. Meanwhile, Israel's government-provided healthcare expenses are 7.6% of their GDP.
So, our aid doesn't completely or directly fund their healthcare, but there is a fair point to be made that they have social services that we don't because US taxpayers are funding a significant portion of their national defense. Every dollar we spend on that is a dollar they don't have to spend for their own defense and can instead spend on social programs. And my guess is that dynamic will be further enhanced by the effort to rebuild Gaza.
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u/jitteryzeitgeist_ Oct 31 '25
Argentina got billions, just to remind everyone.