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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 10:35 AM Original message |
US House Republicans planning to end all US foreign aid |
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habitual (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. great, i bet our aid to israel is off the table tho..... |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. depends which department they end |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Most of our aid to Israel and Egypt goes to defense contractors for weapons. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. AIPAC funnels a hefty portion of those funds back to the US to line pockets in DC too though. nt |
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Leithan (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. If we don't help Israel destroy Palestine, |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. How about ending deregulation and funding the welfare of ... |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Yes---TARP+STIMULUS=$1700 BILLION = Unemployment no better |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. 1.7 trillion? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. i hate to agree with Boppers but TARP + Stimulus wasn't 1.7 Trillion |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. completely agree with you, but the second part is a Republican talking point and it too is untrue |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well the first part was undeniably wrong, the second point they made was arguably wrong |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. unless they vote with us at the UN. |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. ? |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. If its a complete cutoff for ALL countries until our budget is balanced... |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. cutting aid |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. theoretically. But not in reality. We send billions to prop up military regimes. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. A drop in the bucket in order to balance the budget. It will do little to help. |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Aid can work |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. chump change |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Next step... |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It must be "forcible." nt |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Of course, foreign aid is really money given to gov'ts to buy our military stuff. nt |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Aid has many definitions |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. To suppress their populations. Which creates extremists. |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. ahem |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Everyone is for the IDEA of aid. Trouble is, it usually isn't aid. |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If the US will follow the OECD |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. The MICC won't stand for it. This is nothing more than grandstanding directed at the t-baggers |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. Oh right...that means letting Haiti die...once again America helps! |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Does that mean we're pulling our troops out of the DMZ, Germany, etc? |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Ok as long as Isreal and Egypt are first. |
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