Comments on: US aid to Israel

By: Sailorcurt

Sailorcurt — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:49:58 +0000

—-Economic ignorance abounds , deficit spending causes inflation , inflation is a hidden tax which hits the poorest people the worst.
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No. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon.—-

Correct. Deficit spending causes debt. Debt in itself does not cause or increase inflation.

What causes or increases inflation is increasing the money supply in excess of of available wealth. Money is just a communication tool, it is not wealth. Wealth consists of the products, knowledge and services available to be purchased with that money. If the amount of money increases in relation to the wealth available, the relative value of that money declines – inflation.

Foreign aid accounts for between 1 and 1.5 percent of US government spending, depending on the year.

“Social Spending” such as Medicare and Medicaid, Food Stamps, Social Security, Pell Grants, grants to NGOs, Student Loans, etc. make up about 61 percent (and climbing) of US government spending each year. And I’ve yet to see anyone quote the part of the Constitution that grants congress the power to engage in charitable works.

I don’t think it’s the foreign aid that’s the problem.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Fri, 22 May 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Economic ignorance abounds , deficit spending causes inflation , inflation is a hidden tax which hits the poorest people the worst.
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No. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon.

By: om

om — Fri, 22 May 2026 01:41:39 +0000

I didn’t know the US was giving weapons to the CCP (Communist China) or was Keith referring to Taiwan?

It makes no difference to an isolationist.

By: om

om — Fri, 22 May 2026 01:27:44 +0000

Keith doesn’t acknowledge what the IDF has done with the US to Iran in the last year and a half and what the Israeli intelligence assets have done to Iran.

He certainly is less than a bright light and not paying much attention to world events. How or why Keith would assume I was in the IDF is quite the leap of fancy. Stupidity has many facets, not just on taxes and foreign aid.

Keith please explain some more on taxes, it has been quite entertaining. The depth of your wisdom is fantastic; you do know what “fantastic” means, Keith?

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 22 May 2026 01:01:03 +0000

Neo I apologize for taking up space responding to silly people. I’m done.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:41:55 +0000

Om ,,you must be fairly high up in the IDF , I am an isolationist ,so you’re half right. Stupid on stilts ,back atcha.

By: om

om — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:52:03 +0000

Keith:

You cannot gaslight or bullshit folks here about who pays taxes in order to “buy” Israel weapons.

Hidden taxes?

What about opportunity costs; if we weren’t throwing that money away on Israel? (sarc x 11)

Stupid on stilts

I expect that Keith would object to any weapons for Israel no matter what the economics are, to say nothing of national (US) interests.

Antisemitic isolationists are quite something. All the world is a problem but he focused on Israel. That is a “tell.”

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 21 May 2026 19:42:35 +0000

Economic ignorance abounds , deficit spending causes inflation , inflation is a hidden tax which hits the poorest people the worst. Honestly , some of you seem willfully ignorant. I repeat ,The poorest are buying weapons for Israel . And Ukraine ,and India and Egypt and UAE , and China and All of South America , most of Europe and anywhere we send money we don’t have.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Thu, 21 May 2026 19:20:14 +0000

The poorest in this country buy weapons for Israel. I’m sorry that bothers me.
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People whose incomes put them below the 25th percentile of the population seldom if ever have a positive federal income tax liability. The poorest in this country are assessed for payroll taxes, which are routed to a set of dedicated funds which finance Social Security benefits, unemployment compensation, and Medicare. Sales and property taxes do affect the real incomes of the impecunious by their influence on consumer prices and rent, respectively. The federal government does not levy those taxes. Federal corporation taxes may have a small effect on consumer prices and that’s the only avenue through which your proclamation could be true.

By: neo

neo — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:52:11 +0000

Keith:

Not only is the aid we give Israel a drop in the bucket, but most of it comes back to us, and we get a great deal of benefit from it. In fact, it’s probably one of the US’s best investments.

And indeed, “the poorest” here pay no taxes.