Posted on 12/25/2017 9:23:32 AM PST by Signalman
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations announced Sunday that it negotiated a major reduction in the U.N.'s budget for the upcoming fiscal years.
According to a statement from the mission, the 2018-2019 U.N. budget will have a $285 million reduction from the previous two years.
"In addition to these significant cost savings, we reduced the UN's bloated management and support functions, bolstered support for key U.S. priorities throughout the world, and instilled more discipline and accountability throughout the UN system," the statement reads.
One of the Trump administration's goals has been to reduce the amount of contributions that the U.S. makes to the U.N. The U.S. currently provides for about 22 percent of the annual budget, or about $3.3 billion per year, according to PolitiFact.
The U.N. General Assembly previously approved a $5.4 billion operating budget for 2016 and 2017. The regular budget is separate from the body's budget for its sprawling peacekeeping operations, which totaled $7.8 billion for 2017 alone.
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It should be decreased 100%. Make them fold and close. Get them the hell out of the country. They do nothing for Americans.
So a cut of a few percentage points.
They’ll buy a little less champagne and caviar.
Success would be a full pull-out. Let the third world human rights violators pay the bill.
Let’s get more as we pay some 22% of the entire budget. The UN is worthless.
And make them pay their parking tickets. NYC is owed millions by these “diplomats” who flaunt our laws calling immunity.
And also: eliminate NFL payments from the government.
Cue that scene from the movie The Big Lebowski where John Goodman pulls out his .45 and says “Mark it zero”.
Well no new cars for UN officials this year
$5.4 billion short of my goal, but so long as countries Cuba to Chad pay for it all, I’m good.
Dear UN:
Merry f’ing Christmas. Now GTFO.
Signed, normal Americans
China economy almost as big as ours, so we should pay what they pay. Wonder what that is and what do the Rich Germans
and Saudis pay?
Its a ripoff
Outsource the UN to the lowest bidder and move all those brain-dead bureaucrats to Kuala Lumpur or some other hellhole. Then have Trump redevelop the Turtle Bay complex into something immensely profitable.
It would be a quadruple win: the UN out of the USA, huge savings in administrative costs, more jobs for Americans, and an economic boost to NYC.
Oh, and if you get DiBlasio a UN job you get rid of him, too.
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