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Biden's last hoorah: $8 billion weapons package to Israel is in the works (www.ynetnews.com)

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The U.S. plans to approve an arms package for Israel, including artillery shells, precision bombs, and GPS systems, though production and delivery could take years; Meanwhile, heavy bombs and bulldozer shipments face delays due to concerns over impact on civilians in Gaza

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (34 children)

Joe, you idiot! Sick of my taxes going to this shit. We're all broke as it is here, and the US don't need to be participating in a fucking genocide!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (33 children)

8B / 350M is only like $22 per person. Sending weapons to help Ukraine fight an oppressive nation or sending weapons to Israel to be oppressive to Palestinians isn’t really affecting your tax.

What you want is for corporations and billionaires to pay their fair share of taxes.

Edit: I don’t think it’s productive to a discussion if you downvote a comment without telling the person why. Clearly y’all don’t agree but are not willing to put across your side.

[–] Delphia -1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, Lemmy doesnt do discussion very well, it feels like a bunch of 15yos who just discovered the idea of socialism/linux/veganism and its now the answer to all the worlds problems. All of them.

Any discussion about why there might be some nuance to the situation just isnt worth the ball ache.

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