cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33488629
By MEE staff
Published date: 18 July 2025 20:59 BSTHardline America Firster and staunch Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to strip Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.
The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday, to cut funding for the Israeli Cooperative Program - an agreement through which the US provides Israel with $500m to boost its missile programmes.
It is a separate allocation from the $3.3bn the US sends Israel as “security assistance” every year.
Imagine what 3.3bn would do for education in the United States? Fuck Iseral’s “security”, they can take care of themselves.
Not even getting into how Israels have all the “socialism” stuff we say we can’t afford for ourselves.
If universal healthcare and free college isn’t worth it for Americans, why are we giving Israel billions annually? Shouldn’t Israel stop that “frivolous” spending to lower the amount they need from foreign countries?
But like, when they House votes 422-6 for something like this, it’s pointless to think logic will change the mind of any of the 422.
It’s a hard thing to admit, but we need to be able to say a foreign government has clearly bought off both parties of our government.
And nothing will convince the compromised politicians to stop, we have to vote them out. D or R every one of those 422 needs to go. MTG still needs to go too, there’s plenty of other reasons
Seriously. We subsidize them to the point where they have universal healthcare, social safety nets, robust education, and in return they turned Palestine into a prison state, and now a literal genocide.
We need to realize that Israel gets free passes because their Epstein honey pot ensnared generations of western political leaders, and that’s why in America, we need to purge our political leadership of anyone over 65 for registered parties. The world they grew up in is gone, and they were the ones that destroyed it. They can hand over the reigns, or be removed from them forcefully
Israel is currently secure enough to be able to commit a genocide while also starting conflicts with neighboring countries. They’re acting like they can take care of things on their own, so let them.
It would do something the GOP doesn’t like. Create people who understand science and reasoning, which is bad for the base.
How AOC vote?
She voted on the side of Iseral sadly.
422 to 6 say,“keep imagining”.
That’s the problem you see. If they can take care of themselves they might figure out how to take care of us in the future should they need to
I agree Israel should not be subsidized by the states but 3.3 billion is about ten dollars per American.
Of which, roughly speaking about 23% are under 18 and school-aged if census.gov is to be trusted
Around $40 per student could still do an incredible amount of good across our national school system. A given school’s graduating class might range anywhere from 50-2,000 students and you’ll have 3-4 of those per school. That’s potentially $320,000 for a single large school by this napkin math assuming those funds are distributed perfectly evenly according to student population. If put to more strategic use this could be an incredible boon to lower income schools in many, many areas.
At the same time, we spend $5.2 billion a year to provide 2.4 billion breakfasts in over 90,000 schools and residential child care institutions. $3.3 million more could feed a lot of hungry kids.
3.3 billion.
Right, that’s what I meant
That’s just for a single military program. We also give $18 Billion a year to Israel and have given something like $200 Billion over the last 70 years to Israel.
The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday,
Why is the only thing both sides enthusiastically agree on is giving billions to Israel?
ETA:
“It’s becoming like, wait a minute, what about our own country? What about our own people?”
You’re this close Marjorie. “Our own country?” No, They own the country. “Our own people?” They own the people.
Every one of my reps has AIPAC high on their donor list. I am unsure what to say any longer when I call. It feels like my “voice” is too cheap.
They are God’s chosen people, after all. And you, my fellow American, are God’s chosen people’s piggy bank. That’ll be $500,000,000 to keep killing brown people, even AOC says you gotta pay up.
4th box. When even your money holds no meaning to them, your mettle will still will
She’s gone so far right that she’s circled around.
What
Why
What if they go so far politically right… they come out the other side?
Nah…
waterslide political theory
That’s actually very surprising.
Aren’t all the MAGAts screaming “America first?”
Seems awful not “us first”
The hypocrisy is astounding
They literally spent 2 billion of OUR money SPECIFICALLY on immigrants, legal or otherwise. Nearly all of which were working, paying taxes, and contributing to the economy.
MAGAt pedos would rather spend 2 billion destroying lives and families, than feeding, educating, and giving healthcare to Americans. The entire party is built on bad faith and treason.
aoc voted against it, and her crashout over the criticism she’s getting is not looking good. she’s throwing the squad under the bus trying to double down on her inane decision.
Can you explain in detail what you mean? I see her bluesky and she clearly shared the roll call with her voting against the funding.
Edit: nvm i found out by reading the comments on her post. She didnt support an amendment to the defense bill and epsitne didnt kill himself.
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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills
