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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We can't have healthcare for all yet we'll give $40 billion to Israel [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)27. The real irony here....
..is that every single Israeli has cradle to grave Health Care Coverage (also Universal Education), some of the best in the World,
paid for by Americans who don't have Universal HealthCare or Universal Education.
There is no such thing as "Medical Bankruptcy" in Israel, but it is still Big Business in the US.
Israel should be sending us Financial Aid
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We can't have healthcare for all yet we'll give $40 billion to Israel [View all]
Rosa Luxemburg
Jun 2016
OP
So it's up to us to pay above and beyond what we pay in taxes to live in a humane country?
pottedplant
Jun 2016
#21
Our safety nets via taxes paid should be strong enough that *no one* goes hungry in this country.
Lars39
Jun 2016
#32
but wait there's more-if this aid package has the same or similar fine print as Bush's
azurnoir
Jun 2016
#3
true enough but rather it's a means of putting more money into the pockets of the MIC
azurnoir
Jun 2016
#22