Even as they push for huge spending cuts, 11 freshman GOP senators say the U.S.
Their position contrasts with that of fellow freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a tea-party favorite whose budget proposal scraps all $60 billion in annual foreign aid funding, including money for Israel.
“I think they’re an important ally, but I also think that their per capita income is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world,” Paul told ABC News in February. “Should we be giving free money or welfare to a wealthy nation? I don’t think so.”
“I think they’re an important ally, but I also think that their per capita income is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world,” Paul told ABC News in February. “Should we be giving free money or welfare to a wealthy nation? I don’t think so.”
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