haleivi, im not the government forcing people to do things with their money.
Hashem gives people money as a pikadon, like a bank teller. It’s not “yours,” to do whatever you want with it – it’s there as a tool for avodas Hashem. Now I ask, how are vacations avodas Hashem? If you need relaxation, we live in a wonderous area of the world, where driving one hour brings you to a wonderland of nature. Driving only 15 minutes lets you see all kinds of flowers, animals in the zoo, and bodies of water. There are a million kosher activites in NYC; there’s no need to go loifenzich to far away places just to say you went there.