[Cincinatus' Wife]

It seems we disagree on Bush's proposal.

[Jethro Tull]

#7:"It seems we disagree on Bush's proposal."

Well,,,,please tell me who gave Bush the authority to collect tax dollars from Americans and then give them to a foreign nation?

I thought Republicans were the party of less taxes?

Foreign aid is nothing but a tax on you and me...

[Jethro Tull]

"Countries that practice good habits will get money," Bush said.

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This should read, "Countries that practice good habits will get money collected from the American taxpayer", Bush said

[Jethro Tull]

"Countries that practice good habits will get money," Bush said.

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This should read, "Countries that practice good habits will get money collected from the American taxpayer", Bush said

[SteamshipTime]

It's not Bush's proposal. It's the government's standing proposal: "We don't think you know how to spend the money in your best interest so we'll tax you and spend it in the manner we see fit."

This is simply A deciding how to spend B's money on C, the method guaranteed to generate the most fraud and waste. As such, foreign aid expenditures are completely uneconomic (and unconstitutional, but that's another story). My criticism of Bush is that he appears truly ignorant of this basic law of economics. So far, he's followed every one of his predecessors in adhering religiously to the Keynesian gospel.