Why Are US States Buying Israel Bonds Alongside Federal Aid

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.