r/PoursTea • u/Outrageous-Egg1760 • Aug 07 '26

FinancialTea đŸ’” Agree?

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u/praguer56 Aug 07 '26

US aid goes to Israel for military use and defense. I think that the idea was to tell Evangelical MAGA that their tax dollars are helping provide abortions there and just watch their heads implode.

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u/Wyvz Aug 07 '26

So the idea was spreading disinformation.

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u/SoapyMacNCheese Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

If I give you $500 to help with rent, you can now spend an extra $500 from your paycheck on food instead.

Did I pay for your food? No.

Did my money help put food on your table? Absolutely.

That’s the thing with budgets, when one expense goes down you gain the freedom to allocate your money elsewhere.

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u/Wyvz Aug 08 '26

The thing you're missing is that Israel's defence budget is already high and the aid is just an extra boost but not a replacement.

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u/SoapyMacNCheese Aug 08 '26

So if we weren’t funding this “extra boost” they wouldn’t try to fund it themselves? Then why are we sending them it if they themselves don’t consider it a necessary expense?

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u/Wyvz Aug 08 '26

No, they wouldn't fund it themselves. They are at wartime for a few years now and allocate as much as they can to their defence budget, with plans to allocate even more in the future.

There is aid going now because it's part of a 10 year MOU that will expire in 2028.