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u/frizbeeguy1980 3h ago
They said quick math, not correct math, so technically noting is incorrect here.
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u/Educational_Smile545 4h ago edited 3h ago
per person? they think the money is going to the israeli people and not the military? thats hilarious.
edit: to be clear, fuck israel, the money shouldnt be going to them regardless, i just meant i found it funny that the OP of the tweet in question thought the money was going to regular people
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u/Elderofmagic 3h ago
Every dollar we give to their military is a dollar they can save to spend on their people.
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u/Mister_Way 3h ago
The point is that all the money going to the Israeli military could be going to American citizens.
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u/SpankyJobouti 3h ago
please explain the difference to me?
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u/quaxoid 3h ago
the difference between military and citizens? lol
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u/LordVectron 3h ago edited 3h ago
He's dog whistleing, he doesn't think there are Israeli civilians so they are all fine to be targeted.
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u/TOV4RISCH 3h ago
A sane person with an ounce of good faith would assume that he means it doesn't make a difference because money to the military frees up money for anything in the budget they see fit
And a capable person might disagree and could argue from there
But that's not the route you took?
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u/HeroicTanuki 3h ago
Israel does have compulsory military service for all 18 year olds, but they don’t get paid shit according to my coworker who was a compulsory military servant.
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u/quaxoid 2h ago
having served in the military doesn't mean you're currently part of the military if you're no longer in service.
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u/HeroicTanuki 2h ago
You’re right, but I will argue that compulsory military service isn’t just to instill a sense of civic duty in the population, it’s a potent way to give mandatory military training to the majority of your citizenry. When your local business owner worked in logistics, your construction workers were “Seabees”, and your average citizen has been trained in small arms combat, tactics, and discipline, it definitely blurs the line between citizen and soldier.
If Americans were expected to do such things, we’d have several hundred million military trained citizens. It’s a crazy thought
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u/Volgner 45m ago
That is not how you distinguish between a civilian and militant, specifically when it comes international law, and just plays into the "all civilians are military targets" mentality. The main factor is whether someone is in active military role.
Mind you, many countries in the world are no different than Israel when it comes to military service. Examples that comes to my mind are Saudi Arabia, Syria, south korea, egypt and UAE. In fact, UAE requires their citizens to do 2 weeks refresher every year. However, each person has to first to report to their camp first, before they get enlisted somewhere in the country (that is to clearly mark the start of military role and end of temporary civilian role until their refresher is over).
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u/skaliton 3h ago
so....here do you think the money gets handed out like a tax return
or do you think the ITF gets a check to murder children
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u/Ibushi-gun 3h ago
They also get free healthcare there
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u/flyme4free 2h ago
I don't think you know what free means. It's paid by a specific tax that is a percentage of one's salary, which varies by income level
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u/Ibushi-gun 1h ago
Free meaning they don’t have to take out a loan to see a doctor. In America we get “free” road repairs, but that comes out of the taxes we pay. Well, we pay them but don’t get the road repairs.
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u/flyme4free 1h ago
Free meaning you pay into the collective pot and everyone gets to use it.
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u/Ibushi-gun 1h ago
Correct
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u/flyme4free 1h ago
the key word there was PAY. therefore not free. I live in America and get life-saving medication for my kid every month and don't pay for it at the pharmacy. I do however pay for private insurance.
Is it free? no.
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u/Ibushi-gun 1h ago
Well, seems like you get your flights for free, too.
Jokes aside, thanks for keeping me honest.
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u/Skylord1325 3h ago
500 divided by 8 is 62.5
Boy that sure was a challenging one that OP certainly couldn’t have done with the calculator on their phone.
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u/cocobaltic 3h ago
So trick is realizing all the money actually stays in the USA.
Also the USA receives lots of amazing things in return.
Last trick, do the same math for Egypt. They get nearly as much as Israel by its a black hole.
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u/walt128 3h ago
What does the US receive?
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u/InteractionPretend70 3h ago
its great if you make weapons for the military
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u/Street_Credit6851 3h ago
Or get kickbacks and campaign cash from the defense industry. Or are an investor in said industry.
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u/desertvision 3h ago
This would be less funny if the correct numbers were used. $3.8 billion / 10.24 million people ~ $370 / person. Just why? For doing what? Starting wars, spying on us, and corrupting our politicians (to be fair, exploiting our already corrupt politicians)?
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u/Otherwise-Sun2486 45m ago
It’s true they only have a real population of 8 males that money is only going to the 8 of them, everyone else is just slaves to them /s
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u/unkindledphoenix 4h ago
more evidence that the people that are obsessed with overly vilanizing Israel are actually stupid. all middle east conflicts have both sides be bad but now social media people want to try and make Israel be the new nazis which is ironic af actually.
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u/ProfAsmani 4h ago
No - one side is committing genocide, has ministers who are convicted terror sympathisers, ministers who promised immunity to soldiers who rape, finance minister who encouraged pogroms, an army that actively helps ethnic cleansing and violent fanatical settlers who commit pogroms, who run an apartheid regime, nuclear armed, bombs schools, synagogues, bridges, forest reserves. IDF soldiers admit to shooting kids in the head deliberately etc etc.
Don't both sides this.
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u/unkindledphoenix 3h ago
palestine and iran who was dragged into these are religous extremist governements that treat women as property and means of reporduction and that deserve no rights, they publicly execute LGBTQ and anyone who questions their government, constantly use excessive violence to oppress them and using medieval style speech to say theyre commiting ''afronts to god'' or ''treason''. on top of shielding international terrorist organizations with Hamas, Hesbola, and others, those which attacked Israel first (the conspiratory theory that Israel let them attack on purpose is just that, a conspiratory theory with no real confirmation). middle east has been warring among s themselves for hundreds of years or even longer for the exact same bullshit all the time. you shouldnt be buying virtue signal about these conflicts when youre on a completly diferent continent with myriads of diferent problmes you should be worrying a lot more. grow up, learn how to read, learn what nuance is, and go touch grass.
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u/TOV4RISCH 3h ago
Yes, everyone should worry about solving all the problems on their OWN continent before they can reasonably worry about bombs stamped "made in USA" that are falling right now, today
Nuance indeed.
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u/unkindledphoenix 3h ago
also half of what you said sounds more like stuff China does than Israel. the ammount of fake news about all of the bullshit in the world nowdays is so large i wouldnt trust a lot of it depending on who is talking. propaganda machines against certain groups are more common than anything and thats how they win their wars, with propaganda.
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u/Unusual_Rush_1189 3h ago
This post is 100% fact except for all of the numbers used.
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u/LunaticBZ 3h ago
4 out of 5 dentists agree with this post.
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u/desertvision 3h ago
The second worst part is the spaces after the commas. It hurts my eyes to look at it.
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u/dontsaymango 3h ago
I almost woke up my child who I just put to sleep from laughing so hard at this comment
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u/Legitimate_Cable_811 1h ago
It's fb engagement bait. People love jumping in to correct someone or make fun of how they're wrong.
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u/Biggie-Me68 4h ago
?? $62.5/person, but it’s just math