Posted on 03/06/2013 5:53:55 PM PST by dynachrome
Should the U.S. continue to make huge foreign aid payments while domestic programs face drastic budget cutbacks?
Yes – it’s vitally important to continue foreign aid.
No – it’s ridiculous to pour money into countries like Egypt while we cut aid programs here.
Maybe – We need to some sort of a balance between foreign aid and domestic programs.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/06/should-us-make-huge-foreign-aid-payments/#ixzz2MoZSrySR
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
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“Drastic cuts? BS! “
Regardless of the wording, it’s time to stop aiding and abetting our sworn enemies!
FReeped!
Though, from the looks of things, they didn’t need me. LOL!
Yes – it’s vitally important to continue foreign aid. 0.59% (169 votes)
Hell No – it’s ridiculous to pour money into countries like Egypt, period. 93.14% (26,542 votes)
Maybe – We need to some sort of a balance between foreign aid and domestic programs. 6.27% (1,787 votes)
Total Votes: 28,498
93% say it’s ridiculous.
It’s a little someone coming to me for money to eat with,and I borrow money to give him and after he gets the money he calls me a nasty SOB and says he hates me.
let the Bastid go to someone he likes for money.
Yes – it’s vitally important to continue foreign aid. 0.59% (169 votes)
No – it’s ridiculous to pour money into countries like Egypt while we cut aid programs here. 93.15% (26,592 votes)
Maybe – We need to some sort of a balance between foreign aid and domestic programs. 6% (1,788 votes)
NO = 93%
But I thought we were all Egyptians.
FReeEEeePED:
No, NO and NOOOO
Yes – 0.59% (169 votes)
No – 93.15% (26,746 votes)
Maybe – 6% (1,797 votes)
The referenced Fx News poll is an excellent example why I rant about Obama guard dog Fx News. More specifically, instead of conducting a public opinion poll about foreign aid, why doesn't Fx news note the following. Justice Joseph Story had indicated that Congress cannot use the General Welfare Clause (1.8.1) as an excuse to justify laying taxes in the name of foreign aid.
"If the tax be not proposed for the common defence, or general welfare, but for other objects, wholly extraneous, (as for instance, for propagating Mahometanism among the Turks, or giving aids and subsidies to a foreign nation, to build palaces for its kings, or erect monuments to its heroes,) it would be wholly indefensible upon constitutional principles (emphases added)." --Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2 (1833).
And noting that amending the Constitution to grant Congress the specific power to lay taxes for foreign aid purposes is one option, Fx News should really be discussing various ways that US citizens can send aid to foreign nations without federal government involvement, instead of conducting Constitution-ignoring polls concerning the issue.
Yes – it’s vitally important to continue foreign aid. 0.59% (169 votes)
No – it’s ridiculous to pour money into countries like Egypt while we cut aid programs here. 93.17% (26,825 votes)
Maybe – We need to some sort of a balance between foreign aid and domestic programs. 6.24% (1,798 votes)
Total Votes: 28,792
Poorly worded perhaps, but I LOVE the results.
FReeped.
Yes – it’s vitally important to continue foreign aid. 0.59% (171 votes)
No – it’s ridiculous to pour money into countries like Egypt while we cut aid programs here. 93.17% (26,962 votes)
Maybe – We need to some sort of a balance between foreign aid and domestic programs. 6.24% (1,807 votes)
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