If you don't like the way the government allocates funds to international relief - change the representation. Funds are allocated to the president's discretion in situations like this. Additional funds will be distributed with congressional approval.
What did the libertarians win in 2004? Squat. If they aren't irrelevant now, this mentality will cause them to be.
Just my humble opinion.
Exactly. The man is representing me beautifully. My only regret is that I only had one vote to cast for the man.
I'm trying! I'm trying!
I don't believe you need to be a Libertarian, I'm not, to find the reasoning in this article has merit. I'm not saying I begrudge loosening funds for this project. I say that knowing that this argument is correct, but I'm willing to forego correctness of this argument for a perceived greater good.
Your humble opinion is a Marxist opinion. These "funds' you talk about our taxpayers money. This is forced charitable giving.
I will never, ever give one penny to any charity. You know why? Because the U.S. government forces me to give to charity anyway.
I do not know when the U.S. government will next force me to give money to some foreign nation due to some foreign natural disaster, but it will happen. So, I just don't give to any charity since I can't tell how much of my money will be goiven away by the American government.
Americans gave $250 billion to charity last year. If the government did not force us to give to charity, Americans (like me) would probably start giving great amounts to charity. We would easily give $1 trillion every year if the U.S. did not force us to give to charity against our wishes.