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Every American taxpayer has the right to support or oppose how every penny of their (forced) contributions to the federal and state government is spent. And yes, this includes American “aid” to countries that include Israel.
But when it comes to Israel (and only Israel), there is a consistent effort to inflate the impact of this “aid” to the point that Israel is to blame for, well, everything.
In an unaffiliated commercial for the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, a couple is busy shopping at a grocery store. Suddenly, the man is informed that he has to return a carton of eggs. Asking whether this is because their children “don’t like eggs anymore” - pay attention, Dad! - the woman replies that they do like eggs, but “we have to set that $7 aside for killing Palestinians.”
According to Brown University, American spending on aid to Israel in the aftermath of Oct. 7, 2023, comes to somewhere north of $21 billion, with at least another $10 billion on American military operations in Yemen, Iran and the wider Middle East.
First, the obsession with the cost of eggs (as opposed to any other consumer item) is odd given that the average cost of eggs has declined significantly in recent months (to an average of just over $2 for a dozen conventional eggs as of September 2026).
Second, the vast majority of American “aid” to Israel is pumped straight back into the American economy for the purchase of American military products. While there are numerous economic arguments against this (including the socialistesque use of taxpayer funds to prop up certain industries), this money does not simply vanish into the ether of Israel.
Finally, the real reasons groceries (in addition to practically every consumer product) are more expensive are inflation and tariffs. Neither of these have anything to do with Israel and everything to do with the federal government spending money like they’re a teenage girl with a no-limit credit card at Lululemon while picking and choosing which industries aren’t being kneecapped (this week) - all while the cost is pushed down to you, the consumer, in the form of increased prices, increased taxes, or increased prices and increased taxes.
Also, $21 billion is a lot of money, but in the context of the American federal budget, it’s almost nothing. To date, the federal government has spent $1.67 trillion on Social Security, $1.07 trillion on Medicare and $1.05 trillion on net interest on its own debt! You could strike off a few billion for Israel from the budget and quite literally nothing would happen to the price of eggs or, indeed, anything else.