Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people please use their intellectual powers? Cities in the US are not funding specific conflicts and the website above is so biased it states Israel is Palestinian land. Talk about muddying the waters.

We take the tax money from the people in the cities (and other areas) and we use it to fund conflicts among other uses. Yes we do. And the taxpayers are perfectly entitled to object to or support all of the items in the budget.

Nikki Haley was writing "finish them" on bombs. Kamala Harris said she would do the same as ineffectual Biden.

Trump is a disaster, but after election day I had a tiny shred of hope that an "America First" President would keep our tax dollars at home instead of funding wars all over the globe. Now I am becoming a one issue voter in that I will vote for anyone who runs on stopping our tax dollars from funding Ukraine and Israel. Our weapons spending economy is immoral.

Anonymous wrote:You can see how much of your tax dollars are going to aid Israel. Some of the numbers in our area:

Virginia, $500,118,721
Maryland, $374,753,739
Washington DC: $73,466,837

Baltimore, Maryland: $42,205,076
Arlington, Virginia: $18,876,152
Silver Spring, Maryland: $5,738,434
Reston, Virginia, $4,716,280
Bethesda, Maryland: $4,641,140

https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/

What a terrible waste of funds that could be used for schools, roads, housing or other domestic projects.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

So Evangelicals are okay letting a genocide happen to Palestinians as long as it allows Jesus to return. Doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Essentially, yes. Because that’s the only way that Jesus will come again. Watch the explanation in the Vice video. It isn’t a conspiracy theory. The Evangelicals flat out say it. There are even tour groups that go to Israel (and Israeli tour guides) so show them all the places that the Bible says the caliphate will occur and where Jesus will show up. Follow the money. The video is 6-7 years old, and it’s about 13 minutes long but it’s a fascinating Vice report.

The evangelical Christians have an enormous amount of political power.

Anonymous wrote:I don't see anything antisemitic about wanting your taxes to be used for local issues rather than funding aid to a foreign nation, especially one that has better access to public services than we do.

It's tiring constantly hearing how being anti-Israel is equated to anti-semitism.

Anonymous wrote:You can see how much of your tax dollars are going to aid Israel. Some of the numbers in our area:

Virginia, $500,118,721
Maryland, $374,753,739
Washington DC: $73,466,837

Baltimore, Maryland: $42,205,076
Arlington, Virginia: $18,876,152
Silver Spring, Maryland: $5,738,434
Reston, Virginia, $4,716,280
Bethesda, Maryland: $4,641,140

https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/

What a terrible waste of funds that could be used for schools, roads, housing or other domestic projects.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

So Evangelicals are okay letting a genocide happen to Palestinians as long as it allows Jesus to return. Doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause, part of the First Amendment, prohibits the government from establishing or favoring any religion

Oh Trump should dress up like the most powerful Rabbi and post that on true social. And while he is at it, he should do the supreme leader and the dalai lama. Why just play costume with the pope when he should be doing it with all of the religions?.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause, part of the First Amendment, prohibits the government from establishing or favoring any religion

Anonymous wrote:So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people please use their intellectual powers? Cities in the US are not funding specific conflicts and the website above is so biased it states Israel is Palestinian land. Talk about muddying the waters.

We take the tax money from the people in the cities (and other areas) and we use it to fund conflicts among other uses. Yes we do. And the taxpayers are perfectly entitled to object to or support all of the items in the budget.

Nikki Haley was writing "finish them" on bombs. Kamala Harris said she would do the same as ineffectual Biden.

Trump is a disaster, but after election day I had a tiny shred of hope that an "America First" President would keep our tax dollars at home instead of funding wars all over the globe. Now I am becoming a one issue voter in that I will vote for anyone who runs on stopping our tax dollars from funding Ukraine and Israel. Our weapons spending economy is immoral.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people please use their intellectual powers? Cities in the US are not funding specific conflicts and the website above is so biased it states Israel is Palestinian land. Talk about muddying the waters.

We take the tax money from the people in the cities (and other areas) and we use it to fund conflicts among other uses. Yes we do. And the taxpayers are perfectly entitled to object to or support all of the items in the budget.