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Way OT, Foreign Aid
On Jan 26, 1:17*pm, Billy wrote:
In article , *Billy wrote: In article , *Mysterious Traveler wrote: Lets stop giving money to foreign countries and reduce our National Debt that way instead of cutting benefits for our own citizens. Usually, at least with Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, half of foreign aid is used to purchase U.S. made weapon systems, thus feeding the military-industrial complex. Curiously, Israel has a median household income of $37,000 and U.S. foreign aid adds $500/person to that. The U.S. is providing Israel with at least $8.2 million each day* in military aid and is giving the Palestinians $0** in military aid during Fiscal Year 2011. * Congressional Research Service¹s ³U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel,² written * *by Jeremy M. Sharp ** Congressional Research Service's Report ³U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians², written by Jim Zanotti -- - Billy ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camarahttp://peace.mennolink.org/articles/israelpeacegroups.htmlhttp://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/2011181213096468... 20111812130964689.html Interesting how certain posters go ballistic about "foreign aid" to Israel (most of which is spent here in the U.S. for arms manufacture from Israeli inventions (the Israelis would have loved to give the work to their own people, but no.....) Another thing that these types never mention is that Egypt gets almost as many billions as Israel, but spends it on such cultural niceties as obscene, vicious ani-Israel anti-Jewish attacks on government TV. Also on government repression (seen the headlines lately -- young Egyptians trying to throw off the Mubarak yoke these 30 years). Also on genital mutilation of women (90% of Egyptian women are said to be genitally mutilated). To try to reduce the dreadful consequences of m genital mutilation in the villages (non-sterile knives or stones; mutilation closed with thorns; horrendous scarring; sepsis, death, the horror of first intercourse, then childbirth) -- to try to cut down on these, doctors do the mutilation in hospitals, partially supported with U.S "aid" to Egypt = your tax dollars. HB |
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Way OT, Foreign Aid
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, Higgs Boson wrote: On Jan 26, 1:17*pm, Billy wrote: In article , *Billy wrote: In article , *Mysterious Traveler wrote: Lets stop giving money to foreign countries and reduce our National Debt that way instead of cutting benefits for our own citizens. Usually, at least with Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, half of foreign aid is used to purchase U.S. made weapon systems, thus feeding the military-industrial complex. Curiously, Israel has a median household income of $37,000 and U.S. foreign aid adds $500/person to that. The U.S. is providing Israel with at least $8.2 million each day* in military aid and is giving the Palestinians $0** in military aid during Fiscal Year 2011. * Congressional Research Service¹s ³U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel,² written * *by Jeremy M. Sharp ** Congressional Research Service's Report ³U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians², written by Jim Zanotti -- - Billy ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camarahttp://peace.mennolink.org/articles/israelpeacegroups.htmlhttp://engli sh.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/2011181213096468... 20111812130964689.html Interesting how certain posters go ballistic about "foreign aid" to Israel (most of which is spent here in the U.S. for arms manufacture from Israeli inventions (the Israelis would have loved to give the work to their own people, but no.....) Another thing that these types never mention is that Egypt gets almost as many billions as Israel, but spends it on such cultural niceties as obscene, vicious ani-Israel anti-Jewish attacks on government TV. Also on government repression (seen the headlines lately -- young Egyptians trying to throw off the Mubarak yoke these 30 years). Also on genital mutilation of women (90% of Egyptian women are said to be genitally mutilated). To try to reduce the dreadful consequences of m genital mutilation in the villages (non-sterile knives or stones; mutilation closed with thorns; horrendous scarring; sepsis, death, the horror of first intercourse, then childbirth) -- to try to cut down on these, doctors do the mutilation in hospitals, partially supported with U.S "aid" to Egypt = your tax dollars. HB #1 Foreign aid to Israel in 2010: $3,175,000,000 #2 Foreign aid to Egypt in 2010: $ 1,550,000,000 Jordan = $ 458,000,000 for 2007 http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/politics/us-foreign-aid.htm Yemen: The United States decided to raise (2010) its annual aid to Yemen up to US$300 million in order to support the development, economic and democratic process (?) in Yemen. http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10019324.html For a friendly, peace loving country, it is odd that the U.S. supports such repressive countries. -- - Billy ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camara http://peace.mennolink.org/articles/...acegroups.html http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...130964689.html |
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Way OT, Foreign Aid
Billy wrote:
In article , Higgs Boson wrote: On Jan 26, 1:17 pm, Billy wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Mysterious Traveler wrote: Lets stop giving money to foreign countries and reduce our National Debt that way instead of cutting benefits for our own citizens. Usually, at least with Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, half of foreign aid is used to purchase U.S. made weapon systems, thus feeding the military-industrial complex. Curiously, Israel has a median household income of $37,000 and U.S. foreign aid adds $500/person to that. The U.S. is providing Israel with at least $8.2 million each day* in military aid and is giving the Palestinians $0** in military aid during Fiscal Year 2011. * Congressional Research Service¹s ³U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel,² written by Jeremy M. Sharp ** Congressional Research Service's Report ³U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians², written by Jim Zanotti -- - Billy ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camarahttp://peace.mennolink.org/articles/israelpeacegroups.htmlhttp://engli sh.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/2011181213096468... 20111812130964689.html Interesting how certain posters go ballistic about "foreign aid" to Israel (most of which is spent here in the U.S. for arms manufacture from Israeli inventions (the Israelis would have loved to give the work to their own people, but no.....) Another thing that these types never mention is that Egypt gets almost as many billions as Israel, but spends it on such cultural niceties as obscene, vicious ani-Israel anti-Jewish attacks on government TV. Also on government repression (seen the headlines lately -- young Egyptians trying to throw off the Mubarak yoke these 30 years). Also on genital mutilation of women (90% of Egyptian women are said to be genitally mutilated). To try to reduce the dreadful consequences of m genital mutilation in the villages (non-sterile knives or stones; mutilation closed with thorns; horrendous scarring; sepsis, death, the horror of first intercourse, then childbirth) -- to try to cut down on these, doctors do the mutilation in hospitals, partially supported with U.S "aid" to Egypt = your tax dollars. HB #1 Foreign aid to Israel in 2010: $3,175,000,000 #2 Foreign aid to Egypt in 2010: $ 1,550,000,000 Jordan = $ 458,000,000 for 2007 http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/politics/us-foreign-aid.htm Yemen: The United States decided to raise (2010) its annual aid to Yemen up to US$300 million in order to support the development, economic and democratic process (?) in Yemen. http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10019324.html For a friendly, peace loving country, it is odd that the U.S. supports such repressive countries. Where is it stated about the US being a peaceful loving company? The number one export of the US is weapon systems. The government gives foreign aid to nations they in turn purchase weapon systems from the US. This is in turn like indirectly subsidizing the military industrial complex at the expense of the taxpayer. The US sells weapon systems to just about every nation in the world. Even in the U.S. has the highest gun rate per population of the entire world and the highest murder rate in the world. Where did you get the idea that the U.S. Is a peace loving country??? You should read the US constitution! It states "For the corporation by the the corporation". It is a myth that it states "for the people" that old part of the constitution was shredded years ago. -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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Way OT, Foreign Aid
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Nad R wrote: Where is it stated about the US being a peaceful loving company? The number one export of the US is weapon systems. The government gives foreign aid to nations they in turn purchase weapon systems from the US. This is in turn like indirectly subsidizing the military industrial complex at the expense of the taxpayer. The US sells weapon systems to just about every nation in the world. Even in the U.S. has the highest gun rate per population of the entire world and the highest murder rate in the world. Where did you get the idea that the U.S. Is a peace loving country??? You should read the US constitution! It states "For the corporation by the the corporation". It is a myth that it states "for the people" that old part of the constitution was shredded years ago. WOW! -- - Billy �hen you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.� -Archbishop Helder Camara http://peace.mennolink.org/articles/...acegroups.html http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...130964689.html |
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Way OT, Foreign Aid
Billy wrote:
In article , Nad R wrote: Where is it stated about the US being a peaceful loving company? The number one export of the US is weapon systems. The government gives foreign aid to nations they in turn purchase weapon systems from the US. This is in turn like indirectly subsidizing the military industrial complex at the expense of the taxpayer. The US sells weapon systems to just about every nation in the world. Even in the U.S. has the highest gun rate per population of the entire world and the highest murder rate in the world. Where did you get the idea that the U.S. Is a peace loving country??? You should read the US constitution! It states "For the corporation by the the corporation". It is a myth that it states "for the people" that old part of the constitution was shredded years ago. WOW! The topic is "Way OT" -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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Way OT, Foreign Aid
On Jan 28, 2:11*am, Nad R wrote:
Billy wrote: In article , *Nad R wrote: Where is it stated about the US being a peaceful loving company? The number one export of the US is weapon systems. The government gives foreign aid to nations they in turn purchase weapon systems from the US. This is in turn like indirectly subsidizing the military industrial complex at the expense of the taxpayer. The US sells weapon systems to just about every nation in the world. Even in the U.S. has the highest gun rate per population of the entire world and the highest murder rate in the world. Where did you get the idea that the U.S. Is a peace loving country??? You should read the US constitution! It states "For the corporation by the the corporation". It is a myth that it states "for the people" that old part of the constitution was shredded years ago. WOW! The topic is "Way OT" -- Enjoy Life... Nad R *(Garden in zone 5a Michigan) You are corrrect, Nad R, but it's hard to let grotesque misrepresentations go unchallenged. HB |
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