"radiosrfun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "default" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:01:09 -0500, "radiosrfun" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I WISH - that the President and Congress of this country would shut off > >>ALL > >>foreign aid. > > > > Ditto that. > > > > Israel is the chief beneficiary of our foreign aid largesse. Some 8 > > billion dollars annually. What doesn't find its way into politicians > > pockets goes to pay for a military that is winning us a lot of new > > friends in the Arab world. > > > > We pay Egypt ~ 2 billion a year in extortion to keep them from > > attacking Israel. > > > > The actually amount Israel receives is not really known to the public. > > The official numbers read something like 3 billion in aid, and another > > 5 billion in guaranteed loans - which are turned into grants year > > after year. This is money we borrow so there's an additional interest > > burden. > > > > Actually when you talk about shutting off "foreign aid" you may be > > making thermate's point for him. > > -- > > Well - the first cup of coffee hasn't exactly kicked in yet - but I believe > I know what you're saying and if correct - you may have a point there.
According to the US Govt for 2006: Israel: $2.6B Egypt $1.8B Iraq: $9.8B Afghanistan $3.7B http://qesdb.usaid.gov/gbk/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
