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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon May 28, 2012 8:13 am | |
| 5/28/2012 http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/who-gets-us-foreign-aid.html A must read, we have to stop giving away all this money in order to play big daddy in the world, a year it totals 26 Billion dollars ! We could use this money in our own country we should only give money in case of a severe catastrophe not black mail money to keep our forces in a country or to prop up a Govt. Cheers...Joe... |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:44 am | |
| Joe,
You are sooooooooooooooooooooooo right!!!!! |
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Don Stephens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1355 Registration date : 2008-01-25 Age : 85 Location : Wherever my hat's hanging today!
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:28 am | |
| Joe,
These were the 2009 figures!!! Can you imagine what they are today? It not only upsets me that we give away so much foreign aid and cry we're broke when it comes to our own domestic needs (Social Security, homelessness, hunger, healthcare, research), but it really upsets me when many of these same nations (Pakistan, Mexico, Egypt and even at times Israel) publicly challenge us and take sides against us concerning world affairs. Just once I would like to see the administration tell them, "Sit down and shut up or we'll cut off the money!"
When I become King, these people are in for a real shock! |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:44 pm | |
| Don, |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:29 pm | |
| Good post Joe. I think more people should be aware of where our money goes and for what. As Don says, they should sit down and shut up. It irkes me when the countries who depend on us for handouts, defy UN Resolutions and ignore restrictions placed on the weapons they purchase. Cutting them off is a good attention getter.
What is worse is when our government tries to cut important services to our citizens as Don mentioned. They want to balance the budget on the backs of our citizens while sending billions to other countries. Time to stop this nonsense. |
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Victor D. Lopez Four Star Member
Number of posts : 984 Registration date : 2012-02-01 Location : New York
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:25 pm | |
| I agree with all of the above! |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:37 pm | |
| Too bad we are not in charge:) |
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Ameel One Star Member
Number of posts : 24 Registration date : 2012-07-03 Age : 45 Location : Projectsavepoint@gmail.com
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:09 am | |
| i donno! first of all, i agree with u, u guys should stop giving away all this money specially to the 3rd world because WE (the 3rd world animals) are not seeing a penny out of it!! even the hard stuff like food & medicine u send, we end up buying it from those who stole it!!! :_(( but on the other hand, the u.s. embassy announced 2 days ago that a bunch of 70 iraqi corrupted politicions (whom, that money & u.s protection goes to) now have a personal wealth of 700 billion dollars!! (talk about getting rich fast!) O_o most of it are in american banks! O_o and guess what.. THEY AINT PLANNING TO PUT IT BACK INTO FUCKED UP IRAQ OR ANY OTHER 3rd WROLD BANK & STOCKS!!! >O soooo.. does that count as a good business?! give 26, take 700 back, and earn a good-hearted giver reputation!! :\ so, i really donno, the whole thing sounds like just a well planned good business to me! :_(( |
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dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:38 am | |
| I heard a great debate regarding overseas aid. The conclusion was that all aid should stop at once and force all nations to "apply" just like all government programs should be run.
The application would have the same "sustainability" requirements of Federal grants within the U.S. Will the receiving government tax their own citizens to increase their budget to makeup for the timeline reduction in aid? Will the receiving government use the money as intended? (Performance bonus here).
Recipients that become dependent become dependently cynical and resentful. Look at children - give them everything and then try denying something....
Worlwide needs should be part of the United Nations.... |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:47 am | |
| Once again, I agree with DK. Could that be habit forming? |
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dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:47 pm | |
| I think many political thoughts are quite logical; it's in the implementation and details that all gets lost. |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:06 pm | |
| 7/8/2012
All foreign aide to any country should go before a USA
review board, with many questions on how the money
would be spent, each country should have it's own
review board who decides where the money goes, no funds
should be given to any leader of a country...
Cheers..Joe... |
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Ameel One Star Member
Number of posts : 24 Registration date : 2012-07-03 Age : 45 Location : Projectsavepoint@gmail.com
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:44 pm | |
| D.K, Joefrank, (ok, this is not meant to sound offending in anyway, REALLY!) but what i find to be so cute is that not a single person in this blog seems to have a clue about how things work over here (3rd world) for a start, u should stop thinking of our.. what do u call it?! GOVERNMENTS!! yes, thats the word! GOVERNMENTS!! ..u should stop thinking about them (ALL OF THEM, TRUST ME!) as 'governements', and start thinking of them as a band of thieves... with an army, police & nsa at their service O_o ((Recipients that become dependent become dependently cynical and resentful. Look at children)) for god's sake they are not children!! they dont need to learn a thing! or help! or anything!!!! they are smarter and more adult than all of us here...!!! just thiefes! doing theft thingys!!! so of course they are getting "dependant" on the money u give! any thief u give him a free bonus, free of every risk! is gonna become DEPENDING on it and cry when he dont get it! :\ that doesnt mean they gonna stop robing our pockets anyway! but a free money is a free money, right! >D ((will the receiving government use the money as intended? (Performance bonus here).)) noooo! they are not INCAPABLE!! they dont need no candy from u!! ..just thiefes!! :\ ((review board)) finally something smart! WEHHEEE XD sure, joe.. we have two kinds 1- just a formalities public one! to make u guys think we have an actual review board..... SUCKERS! bwahahahaaa >D 2- a board made of 1-1000 guys! depends on how many are owning the country right now! pretty much all it does is dividing the booty among them.. but it doesnt work that great! u see, theres no honor among thieves! >D for god sake! do i really have to spell it we, z people, see 0 dollars! and u're giving all ur money to T.H.I.E.F.E.S! who build palaces in... anywhere but here! XD i know it sounds childish they way i posted this thread, but u'll sound childish as well when u see a bunch of people banging their head to a wall u already banged ur own head it to ur heart delight! its called SARCASIM!! >D |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:20 pm | |
| 7/8/2012 Ameel.. You don't say what country your from ? Cheers..Joe.. |
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Ameel One Star Member
Number of posts : 24 Registration date : 2012-07-03 Age : 45 Location : Projectsavepoint@gmail.com
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:51 am | |
| HELL XD
i'm a refugee from a car-bomed anti-christians country! O_o to a country newly introduced to bombed car & anti-christianity! so it pretty much began feeling just like home!! O_o
bombed cars and street gun fights seem to follow me everywhere! YAYYY XD
ANYONE CAN HELP ME GET THE -PEEP- OUTTA THIS -PEEP-!!! x_x |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:57 am | |
| You didn't get an answer, Joe. "a car-bomed anti-christians country! O_o" is not located on any map I have. And getting the "PEEP OUTTA THIS PEEP" doesn't clalrify much either. |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:27 am | |
| 7/9/2012 Abe.. I don't get it ? What country is that ? Cheers...Joe... |
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Ameel One Star Member
Number of posts : 24 Registration date : 2012-07-03 Age : 45 Location : Projectsavepoint@gmail.com
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:36 pm | |
| i thought it was quite obvious! Iraq!! i'm an iraqi christian, yadda yaddayadda, u know the story and whats going on there! got chased by a bunch of radical muslims for a stupid thing i published! my cousin got stabbed to death 18 times for owning a liquer store! my bro. got sniped for working with the usaf! ....long story.... long story.... ran to syria, a couple of years later the 'arab spring' came! and the streets are filled with radicals, bombed cars, 'lets go kidnap some christian girls' kinda guys, street gun fights... yadda yaddayadda... all over again! soooo... guess who's gotta run again! O_o oh! sorry for talking like an angry 9y.o girl!! but it happens when u start thinking u're no longer mentally sane >D anything else?! x_x |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:17 am | |
| I guess we are right--don't give money to other countries. it is abused and misused and we are in need ourselves. |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:30 am | |
| Makes one wonder what was accomplished by invading Iraq. Billions of dollars down the drain,but more imortantly, hundreds of thousands killed. For what? For a philosophical ideal (democracy)? For oil? To say, I'm tough? It's all madness. Just saw a documentary about the Cuban Missle crisis. We came so close to a third world war, but were saved by the intelligent actions of John Kennedy and his brother, Robert. We owe them a huge debt. Can you imagine what would have happened if GWB had been President? |
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dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:17 am | |
| I thought we learned from Viet Nam; apparently not. The invasion of Iraq was wrong. Period. We are paying the price for electing people that put us there. Some of us are paying economically; many lost loved ones and lives were forever changed in this country, the supporting allies and the country of Iraq.
I note that former President Bush popped up a couple times in this campaign and then disappeared again. The Republican Party must have told him to step back; his legacy is too toxic and the short-memory citizens might get their memory back. Who can forget former President Bush on the deck of the ship declaring victory? The Democratic campaign should run shots of that on their ads...the only thing different about this year's Republicans is that they are further to the right, gave the votes of their constituencies to one man, Grover Norquist, and are setting back women's health by a generation. |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Foreign aide-this will knock your socks off who gets what ! Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:10 am | |
| DK. |
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