How come America has $ to finance Israel and Israel has free healthcare, but America itself doesnt?
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America is the only industrialized nation in the world who does not have a national heath care system. People who aren't wealthy, don't have health insurance, and aren't poor enough to qualify for medicaid, get screwed.\n\nIsrael also has guaranteed housing, while we have homeless.\nDoesn't make sense to me...
778573
Americans are dealing with the Arabs and Muslims because they want oil but cannot give compromises against Israel which is a blood relative as a country.  It is very hard since there are conflicting interests in economy and heritage.
986474
Actually, England gave them the land not America.\n\nI don't know the answer because half of the problems in the Mid East wouldn't be there if America didn't support Israel. Israel doesn't have oil so you would think the US would side with the Arabs..  \n\nIf you listen to all of the Israelis against the Palestinians, they usually have NY accents.\n\nHowever, I am not taking sides with either party because the Arabs treat the Bantu people in Chad and The Sudan badly and come over here with prejudices.
135727
israel can occupy where ever they want to as long as they can kill enough people to do it and have the united states to back them up. historically they have never been able to do very much on their own.
49935
It's bizarre since all arabs have the same language, culture and history.\n\nIt is also odd since Israel is smaller than the size of New Jersey and the arab states are huge.\n\nAdding to the confusion is that every arab country is totalitarian, and we really don't need more of those in this world (i.e. yet another place where women are subjugated, people's rights are trampled, etc).\n\nPresumably the madness will end when the USA is no longer dependent upon arab oil.  The likelihood is that no one will care and the arabs will all kill each other (as they did in centuries past).  In the meantime, the USA is somewhat dependent upon the Israelis not rocking the boat too much, and the Israelis do their best to comply with American directives.
874945
Its due to a good Israeli lobby" Not Jewish lobby".\nIsrael is made of many lies:\nIsrael is a racial democracy : there is no constitution , all the land is owned by the state.\nIsrael cost the USA tax-payers 20 billion each year.\nIraq war and next Iran war is the Israeli lobby wars.
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BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, USA IS CONTROLLED BY JEWS... THEY HAVE THE MORE MONEY OF ALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO THEY RULE.\n\nHOLLYWOOD IS ALSO RULED BY JEWS...\n\nSAD BUT TRUE...
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Because US is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. People are living a good life compare to the rest of the world. They have education, health care, basic services, advance technology, a largely advanced military, free media, etc.\n\nYes, the US govt is borrowing lots of money, but consumer spending is unbelievable. One of the richest countries in the world, and yet lack of education in finance. Most of these people don't know how to save.\n\nIn economical sense, the value of the dollar is constantly fluctuating. You need to understand Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy to understand it.
1006156
You are not stingy. They actually give more than most countries put together. It's just that they give to the wrong people, Israel for example. To buy American-made weapons. Very clever! Or is it?
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I think that America saw the early State of Israel as continuing the American pioneering spirit.  \nBefore Israel was a state, when early Jewish settlers came, the land was a desert or a swamp, with either no water or people dying of malaria, and here were a bunch of young people leaving the comforts of home to settle the promised land.  \nAmericans definitely identified with that pioneering spirit.  The Jewish community in America wasn't particularly Zionistic before the early to mid 20th century, which many Christians in America were sympathetic to or even enthusiastic about Zionism.\nAdditionally, Israel is the only democratic country in the middle east.  It's the only country in the ME that gurantees people basic civil liberties.  If you are gay, or disagree with the government and want to protest, or are a woman who enjoys wearing immodest clothing like sleeveless tops, Israel is the only place you can really live in around this part of the world.  Israel is a democracy with democratic values.  Muslim women, for example, have much much better educational opportunities in Israel than anyone else in the ME.\nAnd I didn't even get to explain how Israel served the United States during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union and America were using the ME as their battlefield, and Israel served the United States' diplomatic and strategic interests . . . But you can read up a bit of history and poli sci for that, maybe . . .
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The U.S. had quite a bit of money at one time. And as all big wigs with money and clout do, they feel the need to put their two cents in pretty much everywhere. The American government feels they are strong enough to handle anything. That is so untrue. They stick their noses in foreign business and try to correct it (helping to form a new government in Iraq) and all the while, totally forget about their own citizens. We still have homeless veterans, We still have hungry children, we still have an awful drug problem. But is America spending their dollars to help those folks? Of course not. It's rediculous. A man once said to some folks, "Clean up your own backyard before you come talking about mine." America should listen to that statement.
910368
Republicans and other countries get along real well so they are probably just friends and pick on each other.\n\nAs far as Israel being our puppets it's actually the other way around, we are theirs.
1140098
It's not communism, Canada has free health care as well. As I recall the Clintons tried to bring it into the States and it was voted down. We all pay enough taxes that healthcare should be free.
843753
Africa...no question.\nThe USA only look after themselves.\n\nThe US doesn't give aid so much as cynically uses it's wealth to 'buy' global political advantage. It's never some altruistic humanitarian reason, they always demand something in return.
173745
You could ask the same question but insert "Egypt" in place of "Israel", because no other country on Earth supports Egypt as America does.\n\nSo think hard about what your question is suggesting.\n\nTo answer your question, America supports Israel more than any other country because America supports MOST nations more than any other countries do.  We could do much more, because as a percent of GDP the U.S. is not at the top of the heap - however, in total monetary terms, we are, and that means universally across the globe.\n\nThe reason why Israel receives such support (and the EU are also big supporters, collectively) is that a homeland - with an historic foundation supporting its geography - has proven critical to the security of a people whose population was systematically halved in just 12 years in the mid-20th Century.\n\n[Added] You asked for figures. Here are figures below. Comparison of donor source per country not provided here, but U.S. portion of total support to Egypt is statistically significant, my "financial economist" friend.\n\nOfficial Development Assistance, 2005\nBy Donor Country\nIn Billions of $U.S.\n1. U.S.   19.00\n2. Japan     8.86\n3. France    8.48\n4. U.K.    7.84\n5. Germany   7.50\n6. Netherlands   4.24\n7. Sweden    2.70\n8. Spain    2.55\n9. Canada    2.54\n10. Italy    2.48\n11. Norway   2.20\n12. Denmark   2.03\n13. Australia   1.47\n11. Next 9\n      donors\n      combined*   4.51\n\n* Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Greece, Luxembourg, New Zealand.\n\nSource:\nCongressional Research Service (Larry Nowels, Specialist in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division), CRS Report for Congress: Foreign Aid: Understanding Data Used to Compare Donors. Updated May 23, 2005 (Order Code RS22032), p. 5\nhttp://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22032.pdf\n\nTop 16 recipients of U.S. ODA^, 2005\nBy Recipient Country\nIn Billions of $U.S.\n1. Israel  2.58 (13.6% of US ODA^; 3.9% of top 10 combined ODA^)\n2. Egypt   1.84 (9.7% of US ODA^; 2.8% of top 10 combined ODA^)\n3. Afganistan  0.98  \n4. Pakistan  0.70 \n5. Colombia  0.57\n6. Sudan   0.50\n7. Jordan  0.48\n8. Uganda  0.25\n9. Kenya   0.24\n10. Ethiopia  0.19 \n11. South Africa  0.19\n12. Peru   0.19 \n13. Indonesia 0.18 \n14. Bolivia   0.18 \n15. Nigeria  0.18 \n16. Zambia  0.18 \n\n^ ODA is Official Development Assistance, referenced here as total assistance to all countries, e.g. “top 10 combined ODA” is all aid given anywhere by top 10 donor countries.\n\nsource:\nCRS Report for Congress: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S.\nPrograms and Policy Updated January 19, 2005, page 14\nhttp://shelby.senate.gov/legislation/ForeignAid.pdf
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Can you phrase your question a little more clearly please...;\n\nEDIT\nSmall countries would not generally have a problem with healthcare as long as they have to money to fund it.  The problems arise when a country has not got the finances.  Some small countries such as Switzerland and Monaco have first class, world renowned services, well funded and with top class doctors and surgeons.  \nIm still not really sure if I have helped but I hope I have
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Tax Payers money, but better then spending it on Iraq. Sorry I misread your question. It was founded during the Johnson adminastration as part of the war on poverty. Some things worked and some things didn't I personally think that we have outgrown medicaid and need to go to a national health system.