That’s a dumb question.
Africa
Germany
Japan
South Korea
Israel
We could stop paying a lot of countries. The order above is the order I would prefer we proceed.
How much did we give Egypt?
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within feet of the river. Have been sitting here watching the border
patrol patrolling in their riverboats all night and all morning..."~Jim Robinson
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No. But there are a lot more that should go on that list.
(1 Tim 5:8)Until we take care of our own security [border problems], why should we be concerned with others's problems?
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
It’s just petty cash compared to the Trillions Obama has Flushed down the toilet
Another way to say that is: Cut off the boys and girls who hate us before we drop the boys and girls who like us.
If the Balloon Head in Chief thinks we need to fund Hamas Spring, we need to give their target a fighting chance.
Obama has America funding and arming and training and protecting Israel’s enemies. This abomination must be corrected and Israel’s enemies (who are also sworn to destroy or subjugate their great Satan USA too) destroyed.
Agree with the article. Israel is a European socialistic state with its economy. She can certainly afford to cut back spending in other areas to bolster Her defense budget
Yes.
I will support anyone who is fighting our muslim enemies, tax away.
My understanding is that continuing foreign aid to Israel was promised by the US at Camp David to convince them to give up the Sinai peninsula. I don’t there was or is anything particularly “pro-Israel” about it.
With all the strings that were attached, and setting the precedent for voluntarily giving up territory, and having given up so much territory, I don’t think it was a good deal for them. They would have been better off without the aid.
How about stopping the money trail to Hamas?
There are lots of twists and turns to this.
Number one is that the US subcontracts a lot of defense research to Israel. That is, we split our research dollars so that US companies can focus on some things, and Israeli companies can focus on other, complementary things.
Importantly, this avoids the endless efforts of the Democrats to derail, sabotage, undermine, and pork-up defense projects that they don’t want America to have.
This especially applies to missile defense projects, which the Democrats are adamant against. (Their only bizarre rationalization being that missile defenses are “provocative”. Which is just insane.)
It also makes sense to subcontract to Israel to create the Iron Dome system, along with the Arrow system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_%28Israeli_missile%29
Why? Because they have no choice but to have to test these programs against real enemy targets. This is a lot more certain than controlled range tests. They can now say without doubt that they work.
And the Israelis are motivated to continually improve these type programs as well. What isn’t said is that their technology is available to the US on rather short notice, if the US needs that technology in a hurry, in say, eastern Europe.
Next up, is that Israel propagates a lot of technology to other countries as well. Especially India, with aggressive China on one side, and aggressive nuclear Pakistan on the other. While China can effectively lean on the US to not oppose them in many things, they have little influence over Israel.
So, all things considered, $3 billion to Israel is very cost effective, especially when you think of how the USG squanders hundreds of billions of dollars on stupid stuff.
Yep. unequivocally and without hesitation.
We spend a lot of money on things I don’t approve of...like planned parenthood, welfare, and money to the cockroaches in Gaza.
At least the defense of Israel is money well spent.
H*ll no!!
Cut funds to the Muslim sh*tholes who hate us.
The average American hasn’t a CLUE how much of our tax money Obama has sent down Muslim sh*t holes while he plans to slash the military, CUTS MEDICARE and threatens to withhold senior’s social security checks!
BILLIONS FOR JIHAD! Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee. It gives billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies. http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1...
Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.
$3.6 BILLION, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces
$400 MILLION, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces
AFGHANISTAN: $1.52 BILLION, $86 MILLION above the request WEST BANK AND GAZA: $665 MILLION in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
JORDAN: $250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance
EGYPT: $360 MILLION, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance
PAKISTAN:$1.9 billion,$591 million above the request
IRAQ:$968 MILLION,$336 million above the request
Oversight: $20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
Lebanon:$74 million
International Food Assistance:$500 MILLION,$200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:$343 MILLION,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza.
Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)
Disaster Assistance: $200 MILLION to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia
Peacekeeping:$837 MILLION FOR UNITED NATIONS peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic
Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system
OBAMA GIVES YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO REBUILD MUSLIM MOSQUES AROUND THE WORLD! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/... #
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here. http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-...
And THAT’S just the tip of the iceberg.
THIS will blow your mind!! http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/ They should have 2010 up, but they don’t. That’s where you’ll find Obama’s largesse towards Muslim countries really go off the charts.
http://www.foreignassistance.gov/DataView.aspx charts: http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html .
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Obama Increased Foreign Aid 80%; Spent 76% More on Foreign Aid Than Border Security cnsnews
CNSNews.com) - From fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2011, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal government increased spending on foreign aid by 80 percent and, in fiscal 2011, spent 76 percent more on foreign aid than it did securing the borders of the United States.
In fiscal 2008, the government spent a total of $11.427 billion in international assistance programs, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement. In fiscal 2011, according to the statement, it spent $20.599 billion—an increase of $9.172 billion, or 80 percent, from 2008.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-increased-foreign-aid-80-spent-76-more-foreign-aid-border-security
YES!
Take the money we give to the corrupt and corrupting UN and give it to Israel!
They are, at least, killing the right people!