Many Americans are going desperate from unemployment and lack of employment opportunities and the immediate impact the current economic situation has on their lives. That regardless, U.S. politicians want to cut down on government spending intended to help Americans who are hardest hit by the economic crisis. And yet, the amount of foreign aid that the U.S. government has been giving and continues to extend to other countries are in amounts that could be better used at home....
Read moreMany Americans are going desperate from unemployment and lack of employment opportunities and the immediate impact the current economic situation has on their lives. That regardless, U.S. politicians want to cut down on government spending intended to help Americans who are hardest hit by the economic crisis. And yet, the amount of foreign aid that the U.S. government has been giving and continues to extend to other countries are in amounts that could be better used at home.
Just consider this: A November 2008 Washington Report article “A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: $114 Billion,” by Shirl McArthur, puts the cumulative total even higher.
