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Old 01-05-2005, 09:42 AM   #18 (permalink)
whocarz
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Willravel, I think you need to check your facts. 500 billion is too much. Here are the actual numbers:

http://www.wrmea.com/html/us_aid_to_israel.htm

U.S. Financial Aid To Israel: Figures, Facts, and Impact
Summary

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

Foreign Aid Grants and Loans
$74,157,600,000

Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid)
$9,047,227,200

Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
$1,650,000,000

Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

Total Benefits per Israeli
$14,630
Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S.
Aid to Israel

Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

Interest Costs Borne by U.S.
$49,936,680,000

Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers
$134,791,507,200

Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli
$23,240

Now, it's 8 years old, but I doubt we've ramped up our aid 497 billion dollars per year since the 90s. Hell, the requested US military budget is 420.7 billion dollars. I really, really have a hard time believing that we'd give them more money than our own military. And the year that you claim we gave 500 billion to the Israelis (2003) was the year we spent 396.1 billion dollars on the US military.

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolit...e/Spending.asp
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