cold iron Loc: White House

Well?
DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS ('different' ONLY in name)

We read all the jokes and forward the good ones but I just wonder who will Pass this one on.
All the people that run this country!!!!!!

Both Democrats and Republicans

Say,
"We're broke" And can't help our own any better?
Veterans,
Seniors,
Orphans,
Homeless,
Etc.,?????
But, over the last several years THEY
have provided direct cash aid to.....

Hamas - $351 M,
Libya $1.45 B,
Egypt - $397 M,
Mexico - $622 M,
Russia - $380 M,
Haiti - $1.4 B,
Jordan - $463 M,
Kenya - $816 M,
Sudan - $870 M,
Nigeria - $456 M,
Uganda - $451 M,
Congo - $359 M,
Ethiopia - $981 M,
Pakistan - $2. B,
South Africa - $566 M,
Senegal - $698 M,
Mozambique - $404 M,
Zambia - $331 M,
Kazakhstan - $304 M,
Iraq - $1.08 B,
Tanzania - $554 M,

...with literally Billions of Dollars
and they still h**e us!!!!
But on the other hand,
Our retired seniors,
Living on a 'fixed income,'

Receive NO aid! And Medacare has just doubled the cost of some meds for old people. Death panels?

Nor do they get any breaks, while our government
And religious organizations will pour
Hundreds of Billions Of $$$$$$'s
and Tons of Food toForeign Countries!

And another atrocity....

We have Hundreds of adoptable
American Children who are shoved aside

To make room for the adoption of
Foreign orphans.

AMERICA: A country where we have..
Countless Homeless without shelter,
Children going to bed hungry,
Elderly going without needed Medication
and the Mentally ill without treatment -- etc.

YET..........

They will have a 'Benefit' Show
For the people of Haiti , on 12 TV Stations;
Ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents
clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies.

Now Just Imagine if
Our own *GOVERNMENT*
Gave 'US' the same support they give to foreign countries.
Sad, isn't it?

PLUS I have not read of a single dollar reduction in foreign aid as a result of sequestering. All items cut were for the express purpose of hurting the American taxpayer/working people the most!

Snoopy

Cold Iron

I await the answer to this post from our resident liberal trolls!

Snoopy

Kevyn

You are right that we do not spend enough to shelter and feed our own poor but you are wrong to think that ending foreign aid could accomplish this task. While the numbers appear big as a portion of Fedral budget they are but a small portion of the budget. This spending is critical to the mission of our state department and in many instances has a very positive influance with an American hand to people around the world. If we want real money to aid the poor at home there is an ocean of money available by doing away with corporate tax breaks. The ammount given to the oil industry alone is far more than all US foreign aid. Here is a link to an interesting piece in the Washington Post about Americans false understanding of foreign aid. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/07/the-budget-myth-that-just-wont-die-americans-still-think-28-percent-of-the-budget-goes-to-foreign-aid/

astrolite

Aren't almost all of those countries majority MUSLIM? Our (UN Treaty) immigration quota is 99% black and all regulations are waived, (then ALL are put on unlimited freebies, forever) But you left off Israel? I bet you can't find out the true figure! Then of course "The World Bank" welfare to billionares! And the Export-Import Bank, more welfare to billionares. We (the working people) are secret s***es!

cold iron Loc: White House

:thumbdown:
You live in a foggy world, the US has the highest Corp taxes in the world. Is there any difference between the NY Times and the Washington post? NO both left wingers.

Kevyn

Not the highest corporate taxes, the highest tax rates. The actual taxes paid by corporations are far less than in most of the world. Personaly I would like to see tariffs on added value imports and a tax on money leaving the US to buy anything but unprocessed natural resources.

cold iron Loc: White House

:thumbdown:
You should try Cuba or Venezuela.

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

Why do you people constantly make non aligned references like this tripe below. The constant comparing of apples and oranges is an old practice to deflect, not inform with any t***hs. Your brilliant idea of further taxing an already sky high tax rate for big business is totally ridiculous and absurd. Thats the very reason most have left the country. You people need a keeper. You constantly whip the dead horse trying to get that last drop of usage from it. Nothing but golden goose k**lers.
The goose is dead moron. Shift to buzzard mode. There will be plenty of more bones to pick. Foolish people. Sheeple.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

As I have said here many times; If you want some Government assistance, go to another country and you'll get it. We keep hearing about how "entitlements", which are merely American "rights", are bankrupting the country - even though they are only 12% of the budget. How can that small amount be bankrupting the country, when we're borrowing billions to: Fight multiple wars, provide military aid to dozens of countries to fight multiple wars, providing medical aid to a half dozen African nations, spending billions to police in 100's of other countries, spending billions to provide food, medicine, housing, schools, water treatment, sewage treatment, electricity generation, etc. in OTHER countries?

The reality is, we can NOT afford to take care of our own - because we're borrowing and spending a half trillion dollars every year - to take care of someone ELSE'S people.

That's just down right stupid - yet - the people seem to continue to loyally support the i***ts who are doing that. If you support people who do stupid stuff, what does that make you?

cold iron Loc: White House

missinglink

Well said. They will never understand how it works. Our government schools have burned out there brains.

buffalo Loc: Texas

You are right, Kevyn. It might piss some of the corporate shills here off if I said that many of our largest corporations pay zero Federal taxes? Bank of America, General Electric, Boeing, Citigroup and Exxon-Mobil pay no Federal taxes. “Indeed, as politicians are asking ordinary Americans to sacrifice their education, their health, their labor rights, and their wellbeing to tackle budget deficits, some of the world’s richest multinational corporations are getting away with shirking their responsibility and paying nothing.” Think Progress We are not talking about corporations who have had big losses to deal with, but huge profitable companies who are making Billions off of the American public and paying zero taxes to Uncle Sam.

Who do you think writes or influences Congress to write the tax laws that allow these companies to steal from the American public? Corporate Lobbyists pull the strings of all politicians of both arms of the corporate party.

The next time your read or hear about the sacrifices that the middle class must make in order to shore up the government’s finances due to an economic disaster that was mainly caused by Wall Street, ask how much extra General Electric or Boeing or Bank of America are going to put into the tax pot to help balance the budget. Maybe Citigroup or Exxon-Mobil or Wells Fargo will be sacrificing in order to restore financial sanity to the Federal budget. NOT!

EL Loc: Massachusetts

We understand foreign aid. We give them all the money they want and corrupt governments keep it to themselves. The people we are attempting to aid, spit on us. All foreign aid, no matter what you think it's doing for us, should be stopped until our debt it paid off. We no longer have it to give. Politicians will eventually put the middle class into poverty level. No level income in America can afford any more taxation including the corporate/rich without totally destroying this country and making it a third world country.

astrolite

What??? You would TAX the billions that the banking elite t***sfer to Switzerland???? For anyone else it is illegal! Congress is probably exempt also? Most of that money is t***sfered as dollars then converted to Swiss Francs, The bankers know of the "Coming Collapse of the Dollar".

buffalo Loc: Texas

Here are a few articles on corporate corruption and influence...

http://www.globalissues.org/issue/50/corporations

WhosetheBoss Loc: Arkansas

Leave the corporations alone and tax the board of directors income. There is not one business that does not pass 100% of expenses onward to its customers, which puts the majority of these types of taxes on the back of the poor and middle class. You people are like the corner hustlers playing the shell game. Lets tax corporations is shorthand for tax the people more!!!