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You will not find a more solidly Democratic voting block then the Jewish vote, other than the Black vote of course. 75% of American Jews vote Democratic. Of course Reverend Wright has scared off some of the Jewish vote. If Obama is the nominee, as is likely, you will see a lot of Jews voting for McCain or staying home.
What we give out in foreign aid is peanuts though compared to what we spend in Iraq, which is about $2B a week. I think the US gives out about $10B in foreign aid a year. The largest shares are $3B to Israel and $2B to Egypt.
Pretty good website.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/U...
We agree that the US has to focus more at home and less abroad. I was surprised to see that we give out less as a % than many other countries.
I think the majority of the Jewish population in the US will vote for McCain. I also believe the Jewish lobbyists will vote & support McCain. In my viewpoint, McCain would be 4 more yrs of Bush, which we can't afford.
As far as foreign aid is concerned, I'm not to concerned about which country we spend (more) on. That's not the real problem. I'm against spending on any foreign country, period. Unless a real natural disaster happens somewhere in a poverty stricken country whose government has a good human rights record (to ensure the civilians will benefit from the aid) & our government is helping with emergency aid. Maybe they could pay us back with free oranges or at least something.
Other then that, we have our own problems with lack of funding into our infrastructure, public school system, ss system, etc.
We have been giving less foreign aid as a percentage of GDP than many other countries ever since Reagan. At the same time, the sales of taxpayer-subsidized weapons to foreign countries has grown enormously to provide the kickbacks for our corrupt defense industries.
On the other hand, we provide zionism with many other forms of aid and their cost to the US has grown prohibitive.
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Special Report
The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/june2003/0306020....