WHAT??!! Maintain reasonable living standards? What the hell does that mean? We don't maintain the living standards of people in Africa or India or S America. What makes the Palestinians special that they should be entitled to the bulk of International Aid and be guaranteed cars and houses while other Third World people can't get vaccinations or food. Damn, a lot of Americans don't have those things! What the hell am I missing? Would Bush really pledge over another pile of$$$$$$? Tell me no!
The U.S. taxpayer hasn't been ripped off to this extent to support the Palestinians and their terrorist regime... yet. The point of posting an article like this is to make sure people know what the Rand Corporation is thinking and to make sure that enough American conservatives raise their voices and say "hell no, not with my dollars!" to their representatives in Congress and to the President.