http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1209/p16s01-wmgn.html

Isn't it interesting that the political hacks in D.C. want to cut
health care to America's senior citizens but aid to the Jewish state
of Israel is so untouchable it isn't even a topic for discussion.

The figures cited in the article are 10 years old so the sum total
is actually much higher. This is simply astonishing.