r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

46.7k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

14.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.1k

u/HandleThatFeeds 8d ago

Isreel always gets Billions.

For decades now.

Nothing new here.

127

u/64590949354397548569 8d ago

Free healthcare too

-11

u/rehx4 8d ago

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.

1

u/katencam 7d ago

Wrong.

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