US aid to Israel

[Micheal Ellis]

>>. . . Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $83.205 billion. The
>>interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of Israel are $49.937
>>billion, thus making the total amount of aid given to Israel since 1949
>>$133.132 billion. This may mean that U.S. government has given more federal
>>aid to the average Israeli citizen in a given year than it has given to the
>>average American citizen.
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>But the artistry, the artistry involved in using these notional interest costs to boost the number by 60%.
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>Clearly someone has missed a successful career at Arthur Anderson...
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>:-)

well the 84 billion total does not include loan guarantees. which
israel isn't required to pay back.

"there have been the approximately $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees
and perhaps $20 billion in tax-exempt contributions made to Israel by
American Jews in the nearly half-century since Israel was created."

i think this is the article that he got those figures from

http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/1297/9712043.html

~M.E.