Posted on 01/06/2005 2:59:49 PM PST by GAWnCA
Michael A. Peroutka
PerOUCHka
Is it unconstitutional, as he says? Maybe.
But this ain't the UN. We can actually get some stuff done, instead of sitting around wringing our hands.
Sure, people are willing to let their representatives allocate our tax monies for some things we didn't expressly approve.
But we most definitely aren't going to subject it to a legistlative process, when the money is needed now. We have more common sense than to do that.
I have to say that I agree. The government has no authority to allocate any money for disaster relief. But what can he do? If he'd taken Rep. Crockett's stand, almost no one- including 90% of those who voted for him- would let him take that podium on Jan. 20.
Is the giving politically motivated? Certainly at some level.
I guarantee that Reagan would have been generous in his aid package as well....
No, the real issue here is whether the fruits of your labor are your 'property'.
Ping to that..........saying "we", he is speaking as the "United States", not as a person........give this author a high colonic and pack and send him hiking
Excuse me...
I thought the people here believed in the Constitution.
I've heard all kinds of griping about judges who don't rule according to the Constitution.
I believe in helping my fellow man just as much as anyone but I, too, don't believe it is the government's responsibility to do so.
Each of us is capable of giving what we deem appropriate.
LOL
you would think this nut would have gotten that this election cycle....ahh well....
Didja leave the sarcasm tag off?
This topic was sure to bring out the more rigid types around here. However, some of us have inquiring minds and believe we have the freedom to ask the common sense question: Where the heck is this money coming from? They had the $35 million on hand in a USAID fund, but would not state where the remaining 315 million will be allocated from. I think we have a right to know. . . since it's apparently un-Constitutional. . .
And, Mike in Iraq, have you noticed how the generous private donations are increasing day by day? If you're truly interested in the welfare of the tsunami victims, there are myriad opportunities to give privately but, more than that, they need help in delivering the aid.
I think it's fine to post Mr. Peroutka's commentary.
Given the overall scope and cost of the very necessary and Constitutional war on Islamic terror, I think it's money well-spent. It will make it much harder for jihadist recruiters to convince the people of these countries that the U.S. (and Australia) need to be destroyed.
you know if you wanted me to see your post you could have put my name in the To: section....
Here is the deal. The money probably came from some projects that the chief executive deemed unnecessary. Ever watch the movie DAVE? Something similar probably happened. Maybe not exactly, but similar.
And the reason we havent upped our giving in the past week now is because it is uncertain that any more money would be useful. Let the Germans and the French fall all over themselves in a bidding war. We were there first. We are always there first. This is no different.
There is that aspect to it too.
Regardless of their religion race or creed we should be giving them aid. We consider ourselves on a higher moral plain, and now we are showing it.
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