That political support is probably a greater lever than the dollar support.
And in regard to your angst about being taxed - its not for the benefit of Israel but because of the interests of the US itself. The arms race in the Middle East is now being stoked by the US for the sole benefit of the US arms manufacturers - so look at it as subsidy to them to keep the assembly lines moving.
I want the UN out of the US, and the US out of the UN.
That said, I totally support US "political" support of Israel. As I have said above, the Zionists were-and-are Legally in the Right, and the Arab Nationalists were-and-are Legally in the Wrong. And the US should endorse and support those who are in the Right.
Which has little or nothing to do with subsidizing via foreign aid the most dangerous elements of the Israeli political spectrum... the socialist (and nationally-suicidal) Israeli Left.
And in regard to your angst about being taxed - its not for the benefit of Israel but because of the interests of the US itself. The arms race in the Middle East is now being stoked by the US for the sole benefit of the US arms manufacturers - so look at it as subsidy to them to keep the assembly lines moving.
To McDonnell-Douglas, US Air Force money is as green as Israeli money.
Let the US Air Force buy more planes, that's fine by me.
Better-by-far than "stoking an arms race" (thus increasing the number of Guns pointed at Jews, and as you point out thereby increasing Israel's defense burden) for our own "interests".