State Funding to Israel Explained

Hey, what's up America? Why are so many American states giving their money to Israel? Can somebody tell me why American states have given their taxpayer money to Israel on top of federal assistance? And it's not a few states, it's actually quite a lot.

Let's go over this because damn. So since 2024, the state of New York has given Israel approximately $310 million. The state of Ohio has given $262.5 million.

The state of Texas has given between 140 and 280 million, not exactly sure how those figures round out. Florida, from the state treasury, gave 200 to $250 million. South Carolina has given $155 million.

Illinois has given about $120 million. The state of Indiana, which is largely poverty-stricken, has given Israel $110 million. Arkansas, 55 million. Pennsylvania, 56 million. Oklahoma, 52.5

million. Georgia, 25 million. Arizona, 20 million. Mississippi, 20 million. Louisiana, 10 to 20 million. And Alabama, $10 million. Now, these are considered purchases for municipalities

or quote, "support." Now, the federal government has given approximately $3.8 billion per year, 3.3 billion in foreign military financing, 500 million for joint missile defense programs, and of course since October 7th, we've given $21.7 billion

in aid. This was described as regular aid plus, of course, emergency aid. Now, not to be outdone, since 2024 give or take, Germany's given 326 million euro. The United Kingdom, including F35

parts starting 2024, have given approximately 128 million pounds. And France, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, and Hungary have done similar, but most of them are one-off equipment transfers or sales. So from what we're seeing, no other government comes close to the scale of US aid

for Israel. But my question is, why are the states giving money also on top of the federal government? We led this video with the amount of states that were giving money to Israel. So if we're giving billions of dollars to Israel from

the federal government and of course European nations, why are the states at the state level emptying out their treasuries to Israel as well? Now, not every state is doing this, obviously. But also remember on top of what I

mentioned, North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, they have sold or let smaller Israeli bond holdings expire after campaigns to divest. So some people are pulling back. However, we're also learning that since 2023, combined

US states and localities bought more than $1.7 billion in Israeli bonds after October 7th. So I'm not a fan of Hamas, let's be very clear on that, but it seems very odd that the federal government is giving aid to

Israel and states are also on the side giving aid to Israel. I think that states should be barred from giving money in foreign assistance of any kind. So this means that your federal tax dollars are going for aid to Israel, and then also your state tax dollars in

some capacities are also going for aid to Israel and other nations as well. It's kinda like double-dipping and bullshit.