We can't have healthcare for all yet we'll give $40 billion to Israel

[davidthegnome]

44. They may have a rotten government...

However - it does help provide them with healthcare. Some times I think we deserve what the neoliberals and neoconservatives have done to us. Particularly at times like this.

Forty billion would not pay for universal healthcare here in the US - but it could definitely help. Surgeries, cancer treatments, dental work, therapy.

Speaking as someone who has no health insurance and no way to get it - the walls are closing in on me. Screwed up my back a year ago and it's in rough shape. Out of work, no way to get physical therapy or any kind of help that would make a difference. Teeth that are screwed up that no amount of brushing can fix. Psychological... issues - but fortunately, my parents can at least buy my generic medications for me.

What else could we do with forty billion? Use it to help hungry families? Better fund some school districts? Repair various broken bridges, roads, maybe fund some kind of public transportation for some areas. True, forty billion wouldn't do all of the things we want, but it could help a little with some of them. Would make a huge damn difference in the lives of those it helped.

I'm not against helping out our allies and friends - but using this funding to air them militarily while so many of our own people are starving, sick, homeless...

Of course there are greater issues, particularly with regard to financial/political corruption and various larger amounts of money that go missing, or go towards even worse things. Still, it's worth noting I think - that Israel does indeed already have healthcare for all of it's citizens, like many other Countries.