• teft@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The way I understand it is the money is given as grants to israel that have a stipulation that they need to be used to buy US military equipment. Basically it’s taxpayer money being used to buy from american companies via a 3rd party. War is a racket. Your taxes go to the MIC, not israel.

    • OneWomanCreamTeam
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      3 months ago

      So our tax dollars are being used, but it’s ok because there’s 1 extra layer of abstraction?

    • Moneo@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Technically your tax dollars aren’t being used

      Basically it’s taxpayer money being used to buy from american companies via a 3rd party

      I understand that buying american weapons makes the aid end up back in america but it’s still tax payer money being spent on weapons is it not?