High on the Bright Idea part, low on the Thinking It All The Way Through portion.
Perhaps the only way out of the debt problems of the world is for a world committee meet and declare a jubilee where all debts are cancelled, we all pull in our belts, and start all over again. Maybe, just maybe we will have learned by our mistakes.
Mr. Paul—With all due respect, who do you think will fill the void?
Before everyone jumps on a jubilee with their little chain saws, the committee should be made up by CONSERVATIVE members of each country, the number of representatives according to the poluation of each country,with safeguards built in to prevent a globalist government. Each country then to return to it’s own government with recommendations agreed upon. Not a simple maneuver, but a start.
The Free Trader Communist Globalist heads are spinning!
Foreign Aid...the redistribution of American wealth to other countries....is a main mantra of Free Trade Communism/Globalism....whether thru private funds or US taxpayer dollars
Rand Paul gets my support on this....but when push comes to shove....his biggest opposition will be the Free Trade Communist Globalists who want to continue the status quo
Communist China....who we have shipped all our jobs and wealth to....still receives FOREIGN AID...and not just from the USAID-subsidized American companies who move their offices and factories over there.
Although I have no problem aiding Israel....as the aid helps keep Islamic Terrorists at bay from the USA....maybe its time to include them in the end of Foreign Aid.
Although I admire Paul for his plan....too many Free Traders Communist Globalists...in Congress, in both parties, and here on FR....want the same old status quo. Ending Foreign Aid would benefit our economy and our national soverignty....something Free Trader Communist Globalists do not want.
What we’re watching is pre-planned. If we’re to save our country then we most return to our roots. Defund the UN as well as all other countries and bring our troops home. Close-down and return to isolationism. We were blessed to be one of the only countries in the world who can survive alone. This is the only way we can survive their NWO which they’re bringing about faster and faster... We can fight them better this way otherwise we’re doomed. And no I’m not crazy.
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Foreign aid to Israel?
WHAT ABOUT CUTTIN OUT THIS???
This is what the Marxist/Muslim has done with American tax dollars while Americans lose their jobs and homes:
Obama’s 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and “passed by the full committee.” Not sure what the next step is, but based on the summary, it gives billions http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/obamas-supplemental-bill-passes-gives-billions-to-enemies/
of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies.
Read the summary from David Obey’s office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.
• $3.6 billion, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces
• $400 million, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces
• Afghanistan: $1.52 billion, $86 million above the request
• West Bank and Gaza: $665 million in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
• Jordan: $250 million, $250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance
• Egypt: $360 million, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance, $50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance
• Pakistan: $1.9 billion, $591 million above the request
• Iraq: $968 million, $336 million above the request
• Oversight: $20 million, $13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
• Lebanon: $74 million
• International Food Assistance: $500 million, $200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis
• Refugee Assistance: $343 million, $50 million above the request, …including humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)
• Disaster Assistance: $200 million to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia
• Peacekeeping: $837 million for United Nations peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic
• Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system
The mainstream media remains silent on this but the International News has now picked up the story http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22164
— and then there is Obama’s $108 billion IMF bailout scheme http://michellemalkin.com/2009/05/13/obamas-100-billion-imf-bailout-scheme/
in addition to the Supplemental.
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fair enough but stop all grants too. ALL
I wish he would stick to trying to balance the budget. World affairs are simply WAY over his head.
OTOH, Rand Paul shows once again, he's as nutty as his old man.
America's #1 ally in the ME, if not the world for that matter, is the State of Israel. Instead of ending our aid to Israel, we should be maintaining our current level of annual support to the Jewish State. There is no greater moral obligation the US has today, then the obligation we have to Israel. We walk away from Israel and we'd be undermining everything we stand for.
Anyone have the South Korean Aid nbrs?