1) a very large portion of the top financial echelon in Israel is comprised of chareidim. This is in addition to the numerous chareidim who are gainfully employed. This number has increased further in the last number of years.

2) Even if nobody in the chareidi community would work, they would still be paying tremendous amounts of money to the Israeli government. The reason for this is that the Israeli taxation system – unlike the U.S. system – is especially regressive. In Israel, there is a large sales tax called V.A.T of 17% on all goods and services, with the exception until now of fruits and vegetables. Additionally, there is an extremely large tax on land and new construction.( This means that whenever any chareidi buys a dirah for his son or son-in-law, , they are in effect paying hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxes to the Israeli government.)

These two represent the largest part of the income of the national government.

We are seeing this in play.

Who wants to give the frum parties the rope to hang themselves with( chas ve shalom)?

About time? Apekurma? Zion Flag?

I think we all agree no matter where we are on the frum ladder.

The Attitudes beginning to develop amongst the much of the public is to indifferently shrug and yawn at this government (,build on the dissensions)and wait for it to eventually pass

All this head in the sand haggling may score a point for the small parties’ constituents but is turning off the public,especially the white collar crowd

Very problematic and a harbinger of coming trouble

Tafasta mirubah lo tafasta. If they are going to sit on the outside/opposition, then they will definitely get nothing.