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Rand Paul: Israeli Foreign Aid is 'Welfare'

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brookly red2/04/2011 7:01:07 pm PST

re: #68 marjoriemoon

Actually, much of what’s “given” to Israel is in the form of loan guarantees. We guarantee their loans. So in that way, they are paying for them. It’s not money out of the taxpayers pocket. We’ve been doing this for decades and Israel has never defaulted on any loan.

Table of Loan Guarantees to Israel
[Link: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org…]

20 October 2010 - U.S.–Israel Joint Economic Development Group Meeting
[Link: www.america.gov…]

well but, but, but… whaaaaah!