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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| PA claims it got no US aid in 2016. In fact, State Dept. gave Palestinians $357 million. And that’s not all |
| 2016-12-17 |
| [IsraelTimes] Paleostinian PM last week accused the US of failing to come through with a single dollar of a promised $263 million. The American government actually gives more aid than any other country. Paleostinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah claimed last week that his government has received no aid from Washington in 2016, accusing the US of imposing a "financial siege" on the Paleostinians. But the State Department has in fact provided Ramallah with over $357 million in financial assistance in the past year, according to information given to The Times of Israel by a US State Department official on Thursday. Additionally, in 2016 alone, the US contributed $355,177,827 to the United Nations |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 The maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $127,200. Which means, the vast majority of Americans will never reach full annual payment, and thus never qualify for full SSN benefits. Nothing quite like it, losing on both ends. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-17 12:58 |
| #2 and Social Security COLA for 2017 was boosted .3%. Which is the greater return in value? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-12-17 08:15 |
| #1 They meant 2017 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-12-17 07:24 |