"...The kibbutzâs leaders earn the same pay as the laundry folders: nothing, other than occasional dividends and monthly allowances. Anyone who wants a new air-conditioner to make it through the desert summer has to sign up on a waiting list...." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...lore-capitalism-with-ecological-ventures.html
Since their living levels are above those of laundry folders, it means the difference has to come from other sources. Could be that US tax money or western europe tax money is covering at least the difference?
An interesting premise. There is some US tax payer money that goes to Israel, but there is no way it goes to support Kibbutz. National security and the sorts for sure. The question that is interesting is that someone is supporting knowing full well, those people who wish to live a life of extreme humility. I find these people even more fascinating than perhaps even the people that live in Kibbutz themselves. Contemplate it for a while and see if you agree.