Why is it that if anyone opposes the outrageous support we give to Israel they instantly become a Anti-Semite? This conflict isn't going away. Anyone that examines the objectives of the Greater Israel Project can plainly see that Israel feels entitled to so much land they will continually expand and infringe on every surrounding country as long as they can and continue this festering financial extortion racket until the well runs dry. They are the 51st state it seems. I'm sorry to say this bears more resemblance to a parent enabling a opium addicted child to me. But in that situation nobody brands the parent as a perverse bigot. This odd relationship we have with Israel stinks to high heaven and to not look at it seriously is to, in my opinion, fall victim to the scam. It's funny to me most of the people reading this would not answer an email from some Nigerian dignitary that just needs to use your bank account to transfer 20 million dollars to you for safekeeping in exchange for a nice commission but those same people feel these aid packages make them proud apologists for the holocaust which had nothing whatsoever to do with them.
So lets have a look at this 30 BILLION aid package and put it in terms we can relate to shall we?
"How Much Aid to Israel?" is a project of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a national coalition of more than 380 organizations working to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and equality.
(To find out how from the individual to the state level,use the interactive map located in the links provided and ask how better this money would be served in your own back yard)
How Did We Get These Numbers?
In August 2007, the United States and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining a ten-year (FY2009-2018) U.S. military aid package to Israel totaling $30 billion. We got the text of the MOU by submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the State Department, which you can view by clicking here.
To estimate each state's contribution to this $30 billion expenditure, we took figures from the Internal Revenue Service Tax Stats, Gross Collections, by Type of Tax and State for FY2008. This data enabled us to figure out the percentage of each state's contribution to federal taxes collected. State figures do not add up to $30 billion exactly because the IRS collects a small percentage of overall taxes from international sources and U.S. armed services personnel stationed overseas.
To estimate the contribution of each Congressional district, county, and city to this $30 billion expenditure, we took figures from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006-2008 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates. Multiplying total population by estimated per capita income in the past 12 months (in 2008 inflation-adjusted dollars) enabled us to figure out the percentage of each geographical unit's contribution to its state's contribution of federal taxes collected.
To estimate the budgetary trade-offs, we took figures from the budget justifications of the federal government agencies that administer these federal government programs. Dividing the cost of the program by the number of people served by it, we figured out how much each of these programs cost per person. We then took this per person program cost and divided it by a geographical unit's contribution to the $30 billion dollars in military aid to Israel to figure out how many people could have been served instead by this program with this money.
To estimate the average tax-payer bill in 2010 of $19.19 for military aid to Israel, we took President Obama's FY2011 budget request of $3 billion in military aid to Israel and divided it by the number of individual tax filings (156,297,000) reported by the IRS in its 2008 End of Year End Report.
How much military aid do you provide?
From 2000 to 2009, the United States appropriated to Israel $24 billion in military aid, delivering more than 670 million weapons with this money.
Organize to get your city council to pass a resolution to end military aid to Israel and redirect the money to unmet needs in your community.
In 2011, the average taxpayer will give Israel $21.59 in weapons. "Offset" those taxes by making a tax-deductible contribution to the sponsor of these websites, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
From 2009 to 2018, the United States is scheduled to give Israel--the largest recipient of U.S. assistance--$30 billion in military aid. Through its illegal 44-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, Israel misuses U.S. weapons in violation of U.S. law to kill and injure Palestinian civilians, destroy Palestinian civilian infrastructure, blockade the Gaza Strip, and build illegal settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem.
How much of this total will your community provide? Is this a good use of your tax dollars? What else could your taxes be used for in your community?
How to Interpret the Numbers:
The amount of military aid to Israel is the estimated 10-year contribution from that state, Congressional district, county, or city. That same amount of money could fund instead each year one of the following programs for the number of people indicated: affordable housing vouchers for low-income families, green jobs training for unemployed workers, early reading programs for at-risk students, or primary health care for the uninsured.
http://www.aidtoisrael.org/section.php?id=379
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=3016
http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/MilitaryAidtoIsrael/Dashboard1?:embed=y
So lets have a look at this 30 BILLION aid package and put it in terms we can relate to shall we?
"How Much Aid to Israel?" is a project of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a national coalition of more than 380 organizations working to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and equality.
(To find out how from the individual to the state level,use the interactive map located in the links provided and ask how better this money would be served in your own back yard)
How Did We Get These Numbers?
In August 2007, the United States and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining a ten-year (FY2009-2018) U.S. military aid package to Israel totaling $30 billion. We got the text of the MOU by submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the State Department, which you can view by clicking here.
To estimate each state's contribution to this $30 billion expenditure, we took figures from the Internal Revenue Service Tax Stats, Gross Collections, by Type of Tax and State for FY2008. This data enabled us to figure out the percentage of each state's contribution to federal taxes collected. State figures do not add up to $30 billion exactly because the IRS collects a small percentage of overall taxes from international sources and U.S. armed services personnel stationed overseas.
To estimate the contribution of each Congressional district, county, and city to this $30 billion expenditure, we took figures from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006-2008 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates. Multiplying total population by estimated per capita income in the past 12 months (in 2008 inflation-adjusted dollars) enabled us to figure out the percentage of each geographical unit's contribution to its state's contribution of federal taxes collected.
To estimate the budgetary trade-offs, we took figures from the budget justifications of the federal government agencies that administer these federal government programs. Dividing the cost of the program by the number of people served by it, we figured out how much each of these programs cost per person. We then took this per person program cost and divided it by a geographical unit's contribution to the $30 billion dollars in military aid to Israel to figure out how many people could have been served instead by this program with this money.
To estimate the average tax-payer bill in 2010 of $19.19 for military aid to Israel, we took President Obama's FY2011 budget request of $3 billion in military aid to Israel and divided it by the number of individual tax filings (156,297,000) reported by the IRS in its 2008 End of Year End Report.
How much military aid do you provide?
From 2000 to 2009, the United States appropriated to Israel $24 billion in military aid, delivering more than 670 million weapons with this money.
Organize to get your city council to pass a resolution to end military aid to Israel and redirect the money to unmet needs in your community.
In 2011, the average taxpayer will give Israel $21.59 in weapons. "Offset" those taxes by making a tax-deductible contribution to the sponsor of these websites, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
From 2009 to 2018, the United States is scheduled to give Israel--the largest recipient of U.S. assistance--$30 billion in military aid. Through its illegal 44-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, Israel misuses U.S. weapons in violation of U.S. law to kill and injure Palestinian civilians, destroy Palestinian civilian infrastructure, blockade the Gaza Strip, and build illegal settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem.
How much of this total will your community provide? Is this a good use of your tax dollars? What else could your taxes be used for in your community?
How to Interpret the Numbers:
The amount of military aid to Israel is the estimated 10-year contribution from that state, Congressional district, county, or city. That same amount of money could fund instead each year one of the following programs for the number of people indicated: affordable housing vouchers for low-income families, green jobs training for unemployed workers, early reading programs for at-risk students, or primary health care for the uninsured.
http://www.aidtoisrael.org/section.php?id=379
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=3016
http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/MilitaryAidtoIsrael/Dashboard1?:embed=y
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