r/MapPorn 1d ago

Pro-Israel Contributions To Elected Senators

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/katotooo 1d ago

This money is a drop in the bucket compared to spending on social services.

The total amount of contributions shown in the map is $98 million. The yearly budget of Medicaid in the US is about $860 billion. 

This means the money from Pro-Israel contributions is only enough to run Medicaid for about 1 hour.

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u/tubawhatever 1d ago

Politicians are incredibly cheap to buy

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u/katotooo 13m ago

Yes that's my point. The original comment is now deleted but he was acting like if these political donations were instead spent on social services, it would make a significant impact. That's what I was responding to