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It pisses me off that we give Israel full health coverage for its people but we say we can't do that here

Am an active duty military wife with a grown son who cannot afford dental benefits and high priced medication but there's so many who balk at the idea of lowering our country welfare system. How is this acceptable? Wtf is wrong with people? They are clearly ignorant.

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 @8TJMDNNdisagreed…5yrs5Y

The US does not give Israel full health coverage for its people.

 @9SHP5ZR from Indiana  commented…2yrs2Y

No, we don’t specifically provide aid for healthcare, however, as we provide approximately 70% of their military budget, they have those funds to spend elsewhere. While we are crushed by our military budget, for a DoD that cannot pass an audit, losing billions of dollars each year that are unaccounted for. We should not be providing (prior to 2023,2024) approximately 50% of all foreign aid to Israel. We have unlimited needs here in US and there are many more countries that desperately need aid to fend off starvation and disease.

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