Israel aid in US 2004 draft budget: At least $2.776b

Globes ^ | 4 February 2003 | Ran Dagoni

[evad]

If only the rest of our budget were spent this well.

Worth every dime.

[Jimmyclyde]

Current aid to Israel will be $2.64 billion, including $2.16 billion in military aid and $480 million in civilian aid. Aid to Israel amounts to $2.9 billion in 2003.

Exxxxxcellent......

[Jimmyclyde]

If only the rest of our budget were spent this well. Worth every dime

Amen brother...

Best bang for our buck.

[backhoe]

-Israel's Arrow Anti-Missile System and the THEL...--

[anotherview]

I am very happy to see these responses. I was afraid the "we should spend the money at home" and the whole isolationist crowd would come out of the woodwork.

[July 4th]

$2.16 billion in military aid

One of the few times our government will spend $2.16b and get something useful in return.

[DoughtyOne]

Nice comments on this thread so far. I think it should be mentioned that the EU and the UN make sure the Palestinians get funding. It doesn't approach $2.7 billion, but it's more than they deserve.

[Alberta's Child]

Let's round everything off here. Israel is looking to get about $2.8 billion in aid from the U.S. next year, plus an additional $4 billion in special military aid and $8 billion in loan guarantees. This represents a total of $14.8 billion in one form or another.

Forget about whether the money is "well-spent" or not. Israel's total GDP is only about $120 billion (according to the CIA World Factbook), which means that more than 12% of their GDP is derived from foreign assistance of some sort.

Anyone who has heard me state that Israel as it exists is not a "viable" state might want to look at these figures and reflect on that.

[montag813]

amounts to $2.9 billion in 2003.

Isn't that less than usual? Can we take $1 billion away from Egypt and $5 billion away from Africa AIDS relief (let Mugabe and Mandella pay) and give it to Israel instead?

[rmlew]

Israel has a real problem with socialist economy, unions, regulation etc...
I oppose all economic aid to Israel because it only propos up the socialists. Thus it hurts Israel in the long run.

The 8 billion in guarantees is over a few years.

[Alberta's Child]

Thanks for clarifying that -- I stand corrected.

Though I'm still surprised at how small their GDP is compared to the aid they get from the U.S. every year.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Nope

[Brad’s Gramma]

Welcome ? to Free Republic

[leadpenny]

From another thread:

Aimaz: "The US worked to starve iraqi babies, and bomb civilians non-stop since 1991. Before 1991, the US sold them weapons."

[Bon mots]

They do not need our money. All they need do is to give up socialism.

As it now stands, Israel's GDP Per Capita is about double that of Saudi Arabia's, and we're sending them our tax dollars?

They do not need our money. Cut taxes and all foreign aid.