Posted on 01/13/2010 4:54:55 PM PST by csvset
They're sending a ship from Balmer, hon!
Maryland PING!
The US Navy has a long and established history of humanitarian assistance. For example, they played a leading role in assisting Messina, Italy after a massive earthquake in Sicily in 1908 that killed over 50,000 people.
It doesn’t much matter which event set the precedent. There shouldn’t be a precedent. It should be privately funded.
You do have a valid point. But I believe this is one of the few valid expenditures in foreign aid (Falls under foreign commerce clause of the Constitution). I believe this buys us more than it costs us in the long run.
Again, you do have a valid point and perhaps a better way to do this would be to designate on our taxes where we wish them applied. (Wouldn’t that be cool!)
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