I wonder just how much we have contributed in the way of UN "Dues" over the past 60 years?
FY 2006 its project at $439 million
"The United States has long been the U.N.’s biggest financial supporter. Today the U.S. contributes 22 percent of the U.N.’s regular budget. Under the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2006, this would be $439 million.[1] The contributions of just three nations—the U.S., Japan, and Germany—make up over half of the U.N.’s total budget while the combined contributions of the lowest 128 contributors is less than 1 percent of the budget"
http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm759.cfm
When we add the total that we have given in direct/indirect UN support as well as direct/indirect Foreign Aid, its in the TRILLIONS!
And what do we get for our $$$$?
Read on McDuff:
WHAT THE UN REALLY THINKS ABOUT US
The united nations
(NOT capitalized on purpose)
The United States gives out $13.3 billion tax dollars in direct Foreign Aid annually. The United States is above and beyond the single most generous benefactor of the United Nations, donating $2.4 billion dollars of YOUR money, to primarily third-world dictators.
This amount is 25% of the United Nations budget. In addition, the United States also gives another $1.4 billion tax dollars to United Nations' programs and agencies. The American taxpayers fund more for the United Nations than ALL of the other 177 member nations COMBINED.
What most Americans do not realize is that the vast majority of the recipients of the of US Foreign Aid routinely vote against the wishes of the United States in the United Nations at an average rate of 74%. In other words, of the $13.3 billion tax dollars invested in direct Foreign Aid only about 26% or $3.5 billion went to support people who! endorsed American initiatives or causes. A staggering $9.8 billion tax dollars went to causes and people who were and are in open and direct opposition to the United States' interests and objectives.
Listed below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations' records:
Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.
United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.
Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.
India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.
US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:
Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.
Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having! to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes.
http://dalesdesigns.net/UN.html
We should get rid of the policy of giving out foreign aid. Instead, if a country needs monetary aid, let them lease territory to us for 99 years, or some such thing.