America is broke , we shouldn’t be giving money to any country .
You cannot look solely at cost as the determining factor.
If you went out to purchase a car and you bought solely upon the price of the car, it may end up costing much more in the long run. Looking at other things such as durability, cost of replacement parts, fuel economy, and insurance costs may make the one that retails for a few thousand more, the cheaper car after all.
The same is true about investing in foreign partners. Making them more secure will pay dividends beyond what we spent.
Israel is the only western-oriented democracy in the Mid-east, but I agree with you.
They are already a strong nation because they are educated, civilized and technically advanced. They can survive without our money. Besides, what will they do when Fed.gov ultimately goes bankrupt?
I would find this line of argument more persuasive if Israel didn't get mentioned until like country number 37 or something.
Being that the focus is on Israel instead of the other nations we subsidize (such as Germany) then I can only conclude the concern is more about hating Israel than it is about money.
“America is broke , we shouldn’t be giving money to any country .”
Look up Israeli inventions and innovation over the last 50 years. Israel is the R&D epicenter of the world. 38 billion is peanuts.
See my post #51.
If the US doesn’t want to give to Israel, they can easily stop giving... if they also stop giving to certain Islamic nations.