we send far more gibs to far more nations than just israel. see my write up      the us government will operate with or without your taxes, they will do so with gigantic annual unfunded liabilities: medicare/medicaid/social security/welfare state. right this moment, 1t of all federal revenue is eaten up by interest on the national debt, 25%. in a decade, that will be 50% of all federal revenue. so in a decade, when we only have 30% or less of the annual budget actually funded and the government is still operating, are you still going to be saying "it's about roads?" your state and local taxes pay, with some federal assistance, pays for your roads and infrastructure. those funny little proposals on the ballots that talk about .75% sales tax increase for 10 years are what's paying for that.
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