Congress does it again

[lame54]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/wl_mideast_afp/uscongressisraelaiddefense_080627173504
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Congress has approved a 170 million dollar increase in security assistance to Israel as part of its new 10-year, 30 billion dollar defense aid commitment to the Jewish state.

The money for Israel was part of a larger supplemental spending bill that included 162 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The legislation gained final approval in a 92-6 Senate vote late Thursday.

America's pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, welcomed the congressional action, saying it would increase US aid to Israel to 2.55 billion dollars in fiscal year 2009, up from 2.38 billion dollars this year.

[fasttense]

1. While at they same time they cut medicare. Who exactly

does Congress work for?

[Deja Q]

3. Any country that isn't America?

:shrug:

[Mojambo]

2. Here's your allowance, son. Don't spend it all on advanced tactical weaponry. n/t

[Deja Q]

4. Or hookers, or drugs, or penicillin...

which requires hookers, but whatever...

Wait, is this Israel or Amsterdam? Whoops!

[TomInTib]

5. Heck, that's only $350,000 per person, per year.

It's a wonder they can make it on that amount.

I feel so badly for those poor buggers.

It's no wonder they can't afford decent food.

[liberal N proud]

6. Blood money

They may need Israel to start the war with Iran

[Obamanaut]

7. And they are kept in office for term after term, well into their 80's.

One wonders why. There are elections every two years when many can be tossed out, but it rarely happens.