It was not “your tax dollars” that was sent to Iran it was Iranian assets in American banks that were seized back in 1979 the took hostages from the American embassy. I don’t think Obama should have returned the money but if you use this lie in a agreement about Obama the facts will prove you WRONG.
Because the dollars were seized they are the property of the American government and were, or should have been, put into the general fisc. Once there they are the money of the American government, fungible with all of the other money that the United States raises. The U.S. government raises money not only from income taxes but also from duties, fees, and all sorts of other things. But it’s all money that rightly belongs to the U.S. taxpayer.
Thanks, Thomas!
I thought, when I first heard about the pallets of cash, that it could possibly have been the frozen assets of Iran being returned, but sometimes, my political naivete makes me overthink things.
‘Face
I recall reading that Obama secretly gave them access to American banking institutions but I didn’t realize that the money was theirs in the first place.