03-24-2013, 01:24 PM
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We pay all those countries in the ME over or under the table. That is how the deal works. We pay their leaders and they trade oil in US dollars.
03-24-2013, 01:42 PM
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When did congress appropriate this $500 million, and where in the budget can I find it?
03-24-2013, 01:48 PM
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Foreign aid swindle
That money should be left in the paychecks of american workers, not given to corrupt governments.
04-05-2013, 05:41 PM
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When did congress appropriate this $500 million, and where in the budget can I find it?
http://transition.usaid.gov/performance/cbj/185014.pdf
pages 98 & 122 covers $440 million of it.
04-05-2013, 06:54 PM
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What does having White House tours or not have to do with aid to Palestine?
04-05-2013, 07:00 PM
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What does having White House tours or not have to do with aid to Palestine?
That maybe we wouldn't have to face cuts here if we would quit spending so much there?
No? There is no correlation?
04-05-2013, 07:03 PM
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That maybe we wouldn't have to face cuts here if we would quit spending so much there?
No? There is no correlation?
Sorry I don't see the correlation at all. The US debt isn't caused by this spending alone.
04-05-2013, 07:04 PM
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Who wants to tour the White House? The Smithsonian is a lot more interesting.
04-05-2013, 07:08 PM
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Sorry I don't see the correlation at all. The US debt isn't caused by this spending alone.
Someone said it was?
04-05-2013, 07:10 PM
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Someone said it was?
The title of the thread implies it.
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