How much money does the US give Israel? Al Cohen Answered Last Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S. Aid to Israel Grand Total $84,854,827,200 Interest Costs Borne by U.S. $49,936,680,000 Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers $134,791,507,200 Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli $23,240 This material is collected from the Related Link below, where these figures are titled A conservative estimate. Again, an ... Estimate .... Looking at the last two items on the list -- Total Cost ... and ... per Israeli -- we can see that the Israeli population is assumed to be 5.8 million ... about 27.5% too low, which makes the $23,240 figure 27.5% too high, apparently for the effect. If you do visit that site, youll find no context there, such as the corresponding costs to the US taxpayers for aid to Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, etc. and other places awash in oil where anti-American demonstrations and ambushes are almost daily occurrences. Although that site is sub-titled a Middle East Report, youll find nothing there but anti-Israel talking points. If thats what youre looking for, then its certainly a convenient one-stop-shop.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:31:13 +0000