US Senate transfers $225 million from unemployed Americans to Israel, then skips town for 5 weeks

[Cali_Democrat]

U.S. Senate Opts To Aid Israel Instead of Unemployed Americans
by DartagnanFollow

The Senate ended its session today before scampering home by (in effect) transferring a quarter billion dollars from unemployed Americans to Israel instead, so the nuclear-armed Superpower of the Middle East could improve its air defense system.

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Here's McCain, who voted against a three month extension of benefits to the long-term unemployed, reasoning it out for us:

"We could not go out for a month or five weeks and not act to help the Israelis replenish their supply of Iron Dome missiles," GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona told reporters.

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The measure passed with unanimous consent, because Israel is in a critical moment. The situation facing the long term unemployed in this country--losing their homes, losing their medical care, their futures, etc., is considerably less critical.

Read more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/01/1318430/-U-S-Senate-Opts-To-Aid-Israel-Instead-of-Unemployed-Americans

[PeoViejo]

1. Yeah, but unemployed Americans are not likely to donate to their re-election campaign.

Senators are not fools like many of us and vote against their own best interests.

[4now]

4. So true. Its only about the money.

Their money.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Gotta keep funding the neocons' End Times fantasy. Israel is Ground Zero for Armageddon:

[4now]

3. I am so ashamed of Democrats in Congress

Their priorities are almost as screwed up as the Republicans.They didn't even try to hold out for something for the American people.
I realize that if they don't support Israel's bloody slaughter they will lose the next election
but it makes me want to throw up.

[Caretha]

5. They (Congress) keeps this up

they may want to invest in their own "Iron Dome".

[Cali_Democrat]

6. ...

[Rex]

7. I read they plan on not working much for the rest of the year

hate to tell them, but SO FAR they haven't done jack shit since January! How can they slack even more?

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Cali_Democrat.

[Takket]

9. why don't we just openly declare war on Gaza and be done with it?

I'd prefer that to this proxy war we are fighting by hiding behind Israel. We do everything for them except pull the trigger. Funding, weapons, all of it. They bomb a school, we shake our heads disapprovingly, and we ship them some more weapons.

Anyone hear calliope music?

[kelliekat44]

10. Like Israel really needs our money or resources. Well over half the off-shore

Corporate money is in hidden Israeli financial institutions. And no one has been prosecuted yet for the scams that robbed hardworking Americans of their pensions..except for the ENRON scandal. But there were many more.