Oh, an atheist.
Tacit admission that the support of Israel is a religious cause? If that is indeed the case you have supplied an additional reason that the U.S. government should not be borrowing on the credit of the U.S. taxpayer to funnel money into Israel.
Shouldn't you be on a Communist forum somewhere?
I'm interested in a Free Republic, not a communist or theocratic government.
I don't think that American Buddhists, Hindus, muslims, Catholics, or even voodoo priests should be taxed to support a foreign government, of any stripe.
If you want so dearly to give money to Israel, send them your money. If you want to pay taxes to Israel, move there and pay taxes.
There is no just argument for taxing Americans to fund the governments of other nations, regardless of your affinity for them.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
If that is indeed the case you have supplied an additional reason that the U.S. government should not be borrowing on the credit of the U.S. taxpayer to funnel money into Israel.
So, are you also against blue laws, anti-vice laws, sin taxes, and laws against abortion and sodomy? Those laws are, after all, ultimately "theocratic." As are the laws against murder and theft, for that matter.
You do realize, I hope, that unless laws and standards come from G-d they have no objective existence whatsoever? Without G-d, what are all our laws and customs but constructs of the human mind? Hmmm?
Agree. There is absolutely nothing in the US Constitution to authorize the transfer of funds from the US treasury to that of any foreign country.
As to why aid to Israel gets the most attention, there's a simple answer for that: Israel receives more foreign aid than any other country. However, I was equally opposed to the billions that we gave to corrupt African governments as alleged humanitarian/medical aid (by "compassionate conservative" George W. Bush, no less), and to Egypt and Saudi Arabia.