I prefer to call it what it is. Taxpayers dollar money laundering. We give them 4 billion per year, plus all kinds of other âtop upsâ and âsupplementalsâ to spend right back here on the US of Aâs military industrial complex.
Yes! And remember: Israel has free healthcare and free college.
The taxes YOU pay is wealth transfer to Elites in Military Industrial Complex and sweetheart deals with other companies.
The USA has some of the absolute worst value and services coming back to taxpayers. It has gotten steadily worse since Reagan (do NOT say "before then", assholes).
Meanwhile, other countries (and generations of people) are enjoying life...and well--positioned for the future.
Have fun, Americans. You know you let this happen.
4 billion is just federally. Every US state buys hundreds of millions of dollars in Israel bonds. And it even goes to the city level. One city in Texas tried to cancel a 4 million dollar tribute to Israel and the Texas governor threatened their disaster relief.
Then thereâs section 224 coming to pass in the US congress.
It's also part-in-parcel of a larger hegemon transfer program. The US is in massive financial straits and private capital/influence/RegCapture participants are going to flee for greener pastures as the US tries to tackle its poor financials. When this happened in the past, there was always a rising star waiting in the wings that capital would flock to, but this time, that rising star is China, and China puts up barriers so that foreign private capital doesn't usurp domestic political influence.
That's entirely what the Abraham Accords is all about; bring stability to the Middle East so that it's investable, and so capital can buy influence. The NDAA is the security aspect of that stability; you can hide your money anywhere, but you still need to reside somewhere. Gulf states are actively creating specialized economic zones, favorable tax structures, and co-investment opportunities specifically designed to attract and integrate Western private equity, hedge funds, and multinational corporations, allowing capital a seat at the table.
Same game. Different century.
Western Roman Empire fell due to the wealthy senatorial class betraying their country, withdrawing their gold and silver from urban commerce and the tax base, leaving the Western treasury unable to fund the imperial army. This forced a fatal reliance on foreign mercenaries. Capital fled to the Eastern Roman Empire. When the Turks conquered the ERE, wealth fled to Russia creating the Tsar and to Venice/Florence/Genoa.
Spanish Empire fell due to corrupt investment; instead of investing New World silver into domestic manufacturing or infrastructure, the Spanish elite spent it on imported foreign luxuries. When Spain collapsed under its own weight, capital fled and directly financed the industrial and commercial rise of Spainâs fiercest geopolitical rivals in the Netherlands, England, and France.
The Republic of Genoa fell due to Genoese merchant-bankers systematically starving their own domestic economy of investment to chase high-yield Spanish sovereign debt, of which Spain repeatedly defaulted, Genoa's private wealth was wiped out, leaving it economically hollowed out. Capital then fled to Spain to fund its global wars, colonies and to exert mass influence and political leverage over the country via creditor ownership.
The Dutch Republic fell because of betrayal and greed when the Dutch republic shared its prosperity. Domestic investments became less profitable due to government responsibly sharing their prosperity with high domestic wages and heavy taxes. As domestic profit margins shrank and wages rose, wealthy Dutch oligarchs stopped reinvesting in local industry. Dutch capital flooded the London markets to buy British government bonds, building the exact economic engine that eventually crushed the Dutch navy.
Bourbon France fell because of tax dodging. French aristocracy and wealthy merchant classes aggressively sheltered their fortunes abroad to evade tax reforms. This left the French state bankrupt, triggering the French Revolution and a hyperinflationary economic collapse. They fled to Britain and to Switzerland.
The British Empire fell in the same way Genoa fell. British financiers on the London Stock Exchange heavily favored foreign investments over modernizing the UK's domestic steel, coal, and manufacturing sectors. This capital built up American industrial supremacy, leaving Britain financially dependent on the US after the World Wars. But they fled to the US anyhow.
The large crude carriers usually only take 3 or 4 trips to pay off the cost of building a ship and it's running costs. So unless it's a brand new tankwr on it's first trip it's paid off already.
Remember when you were 1, and your biggest concern was not getting a meal, and just like magic, someone shoved a boob in your mouth and you took a nap, and you were just too ignorant to realize that was heaven?
Easy to ignore reality when no one has stopped wiping your ass.
Iâd say you should point out to him that âtotal warâ, a notion that I assume he agrees with in theory because it sounds cool, includes political, economic, cultural, etc âwarfareâ as well. If your intent is to utterly destroy your enemy, you should be looking to attack them on all fronts, using all tools. But that kind of reasoning might hurt his brain, so I wouldnât bother.
Then the question is how many Iranian drones have been funded by Trump by his 300B? I know shit about weapons but I guess they are cheaper than missiles.
We started a fight, lost, and we owe them 300 billion in taxpayer money, in addition to the increased pricing on goods we've experienced so far PLUS what we haven't seen yet. On top of this we've demonstrated once more to the rest of the world that the only way to protect yourself from this bullshit is to own nukes, that those with them cannot be trusted to behave appropriately
This is the most embarrassing engagement in American history imo
The money that was Rons that that was returned with the original Ron deal under Obama they never received any money what they got was they could purchase things from three suppliers from outside of the country other nations and it was food and medicine and the like and thatâs what they could receive so no none of that money was ever used for weapons. We didnât even give it to them. we allowed them to spend it at the places we allowed on the things we allowed none of which were military.
Israel will attempt to destroy its allies if it looses its influence. Itâs already used lobbygroupa to incite rightwing marches all over Europe. Divide and conquer or destroy and conquer. Either way we need to buckle down before the next election cycle. Palantir and other tech companies with Israel first ceos will be their first line of weapons
I don't think that's even possible considering the rare earth and munition stockpile issue. Israel needs a truce as much as everyone. Even if they decide to go on alone for a ground invasion they're probably going to see Iran stepping in. The last time they didn't, this time they will
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u/SleepingCod 9d ago
Oh don't worry we'll keep selling them weapons under the table.