He got over 70% in the last election. So far here hasn't been an Amendment to the Constitution allowing him to run for a third term. Now of course he would most likely receive a bi-partisan resistance to cutting such aid, but I still think that it should not be on the table, if they don't do what we want them to do. We could take those Billions and re-invest it into Our own country.
It was over 80%, over 90% in the first election.
But of course he would have to get Congress to vote it. And they're all up for re-election at some point. It isn't on the table because everyone knows it wont happen.
"Those billions" is about 2B a year. That would run the gov't for about 20 minutes.
Really?
2012
Romney (R)
30%
Obama (D)
69%
2008
McCain (R)
22%
Obama (D)
78%
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/jewvote.html
2b is not correct:
"Military aid to Israel
Arming and bankrolling a wealthy nation acting in this way may, on its face, seem like terrible policy. Yet American aid has been flowing to Israel in ever greater quantities. Over the past 60 years, in fact, Israel has absorbed close to a quarter-trillion dollars in such aid.
Last year alone, Washington sent some $3.1 billion in military aid, supplemented by allocations for collaborative military research and joint training exercises.
Overall, the United States covers nearly one quarter of Israel's defense budget - from tear gas canisters to F-16 fighter jets. In their 2008-2009 assault on Gaza, the Israeli Defense Forces made use of M-92 and M-84 "dumb bombs," Paveway II and JDAM guided "smart bombs," AH-64 Apache attack helicopters equipped with AGM-114 Hellfire guided missiles, M141 "bunker defeat" munitions, and special weapons like M825A1 155mm white phosphorous munitions - all supplied as American foreign aid. (Uniquely among Washington's aid recipients, Israel is also permitted to spend 25% of the military funding from Washington on weapons made by its own weapons industry.) "
Asia Times Online :: Truth and dare in US aid to Israel
We could use those billions to help more small businesses to get loans, infrastructure, etc.