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To: the808bass
Quick, what percentage of the 2006 Federal Budget was consumed by "foreign aid gravy trains?" Yeah. You don't know. But it's a good bumper sticker.

It's not a matter of how much,but rather why are Americans being taxed even a penny to send overseas to some God-forsaken country that probably bad-mouths us and votes against our interests in the UN?Do you have any principles at all,or are you just concerned about your pocketbook(not that that's not something with which to be concerned,but in this matter it should certainly be secondary).

This is a free country.If you want to send your money to Zimbabwe,Croatia,or even Iraq,you have a right to do so.Give till it hurts,as you'll be making up for me.

118 posted on 09/26/2007 5:13:36 PM PDT by hschliemann
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To: hschliemann
If you want to send your money to Zimbabwe,Croatia,or even Iraq,you have a right to do so.Give till it hurts,as you'll be making up for me.

Ok, I'll send our $60 total. And it is partially a matter of how much. If it's a $1.50, then it's a non-issue. If it's $30/person, it's almost a non-issue. And how would I be concerned about my pocketbook here? That's a non-sequitur. Of course, a large amount of the foreign aid went to Israel, so we know Ron's against that.

130 posted on 09/26/2007 8:12:33 PM PDT by the808bass
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