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And Why Are We Giving Money To Foreign Countries?

I meant t o wr i t e about t hi s a whi l e ago but now i t i s f r ont andcent er i n t he news, agai n.

Si nce WWI I t he Uni t ed St at es hasl ed t he devel oped wor l ddi sbur sement s of f or ei gn ai d al mostever y year .

However , my r esear ch on t heConst i t ut i on, (the law of our landfor those that didnt know) showst hat we ar e not supposed t o gi vemoney to other count r i es.

[Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 says t hat "no money shal l bedr awn f r om t he t r easur y, but i n consequence of appr opr i at i onsmade by l aw. " ] But t hat cl ause says t hat money can onl y beappr opr i ated by l aw. I t does not conf er upon Congr ess anyaddi t i onal mandat e t o spend that t hey woul d not have wi t hout i t .

Bor r owi ng f r om Bi l l Lockwood of Pat r i ot s4Li ber t y: Bi l l i ons ofdol l ar s ar e squander ed annual l y i n over seas proj ect s by onei nt er vent i oni st admi ni st r at i on af t er anot her . Then he asks,

J ust whi ch const i t ut i onal pr ovi si on al l ows t he Congr ess orExecut i ve Of f i ce of t he Uni t ed St at es t o send money t o f or ei gnnat i ons?

I n 2012 t he U. S. sent 37. 7 BI LLI ON dol l ar s over seas f or f or ei gnai d! The r easons gi ven f or di sbur si ng al l of t hi s f or ei gn ai dr ange f r om peace and secur i t y t o gover ni ng j ust l y anddemocrat i cal l y.

US prepares $1B aid

package for troubled

Ukraine

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But just who decided what countries get our money and why?

Some of t hese count r i es ar e i n need i f you consi der f ami ne andgenoci de need. Yet many of t he count r i es don t need our moneybecause t hey ar e r i ch wi t h nat ur al r esour ces. They j ust needpeopl e t o hel p t each t hem how t o t ap i nt o t hei r own wel l .

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Sour ce: ht t p: / / bi t . l y/ Ooonpa

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As you can see, t he t op 5 r eci pi ent s of your hard earnedr esour ces ar e I sr ael , Af ghani st an, Paki st an, I r aq and Egypt .Speci al ar r angement s t hat benef i t t hese and ot her count r i es,combi ned wi t h ai d pai d out t o them cost Amer i cans near l y $8. 5mi l l i on each day and t housands of j obs.

So t he quest i on i s t hi s: Why i s t hi s happeni ng? Don t we needour own resour ces her e? Wi t h the unempl oyment r at e and l ack ofpr oper i nf r ast r uct ur e I t hi nk we need t o r et hi nk our gener osi t yt o f or ei gn l ands.

The 2012 out l ay al one woul d have put a l ar ge dent i n t he housi ngcr i si s and kept a l ot of peopl e i n t hei r homes! I t hi nk CHARI TYst ar t s at home.

Tel l me what you t hi nk! Post your comment on t he bl og f or us t odi scuss.

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