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One fifth of the House of Representatives vacationed where this August?
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:18 am
by spot
Fincher travels to Israel; Frog Jump farmer calls trip "very moving" | The Jackson Sun | jacksonsun.com
Israel.
On junkets paid for by Israel's lobbyists.
Dear oh dear.
Does anyone have a list of these 81 freeloaders they could add to the thread?
One fifth of the House of Representatives vacationed where this August?
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:23 am
by spot
Oooh. Found one, that's a surprise.
American Israel Education Foundation - Sponsor of Congressional Travel
One fifth of the House of Representatives vacationed where this August?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:59 am
by gmc
Worry not there is a voice of reason
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One fifth of the House of Representatives vacationed where this August?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:14 am
by spot
There's an embarrassed silence from the Westward side of the Pond?
Maybe someone could say, from over there, whether they feel Israel's own concerns are getting in the way of a more self-interested US foreign policy. And whether junkets like these are part of the problem. And why the US electorate tolerates the blatancy of it all.
Or maybe people think it's not true? If so, pipe up and say so, we can dig and find out.
The tour itineraries must have made for interesting planning. Day Three, invite reactions to unbelievably convenient shootings of Israeli tourists outside Eilat; Day Four, press for larger military and domestic subsidies having demonstrated the dangers practically first-hand.
One fifth of the House of Representatives vacationed where this August?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:33 am
by flopstock
Is this kind of travel strictly forbidden over your way or do you have similar stats for your politicians?
One fifth of the House of Representatives vacationed where this August?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:45 am
by spot
flopstock;1367134 wrote: Is this kind of travel strictly forbidden over your way or do you have similar stats for your politicians?
Statistics? I'd love to have statistics. If anyone comes across them please add the source to the thread.
I can find reference on the web to 57 Labour MPs over a 13 year period to 2001 and a further 60+ between then and 2009, that's an average well under eight MPs a year and they represent "more MPs on free trips to Israel than any other group". So no, the scale is perhaps 2% of all MPs in a year, compared to 20% of the House of Representatives taking a freebie visit during the course of a single month. If there's a comparison at all then it's an entire order of magnitude less.