[palo verde]

the whole article is meaty (and specific)
here's one part which explains in general where our foreign aid goes

Anne Williamson is a Soviet and Russian specialist and author of the forthcoming book, Contagion: The Betrayal of Liberty, Russia and the United States in the 1990s
She says

The issue isn't political or cultural, it's an issue of corruption. It addresses the fact that our government, and representatives chosen by the government, are corrupt. There are large groups feeding from the public treasury under the camouflage of foreign aid, humanitarian work, building a better world, exporting democracy - all phrases under which the theft is organized. The answer is to end all foreign aid - absolutely, tomorrow, shut it down

[lodwick]

Thanks so much for the Contagion link and information - we've really known this all along. It's great to see it spelled out in black & white for the slow among us. JL

[Kathleen]

Hmmmmm...do you suppose that Gran might sport a tatoo? ;-)