Posted by TopOfTheThread on July 9, 2011
Remember Charles Grodin in Dave? Take a quick watch.
VIDEO How can that clip be more relevant?
The way the President and Congress are running the country, it’s amazing we’re in business… Spending. Spending. Spending. Spending. Spending. Spending. Spending. Spending. Raise the ceiling Raise the ceiling Raise the ceiling .
The only person who can get away with that is Paris Hilton. (Just insert “Raise my allowance” where it says “Raise the ceiling”.)
Perhaps President Obama should bring in Charles Grodin to help with the budget.
It’s a good thing we are not a part of a common currency, like the Euro. If we were, we wouldn’t have the ability to print more money… the answer to everything!
So we’re contemplating raising the ceiling.
Unemployment is at 9.2%. Under-employment must bring that number up to an estimated 17%
We are spending billions of dollars fighting wars all over the world. (Libya? Libya?)
And we are still sending billions of dollars of aid to countries all over the world. How about we tell all these countries that we are only giving them 50% of the aid we had previously given to them. Let’s apply that saved money domestically and help ourselves!
And President Obama is now focused on his reelection campaign!
What happened to this great country of ours? The left is far left. The right is far right. All they care about is keeping their jobs and getting re-elected.
It’s a shame.
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Posted by TopOfTheThread on June 25, 2011
These are numbers from 2008, and old, but you will get the point.
Why are we looking to cut domestic programs to get under the debt ceiling and get closer (he he) to a balanced budget? Why are we so quick to cut domestic programs when we pay out all this foreign aid? Are we the world’s martyrs?
Why not simply cut 10% of the US foreign Aid to each country we support? Don’t touch their military aid. We don’t want to hurt their sovereignty. Cut the economic aid. We Americans are tightening our belts, why shouldn’t they share in the tightening?
We simply don’t have the money!
If we cut 10% of our foreign aid (economic aid only), we save $5.9 billion!
Table 1298. U.S. Foreign Economic and Military Aid by Major Recipient Country: 2008
Cutting only Economic Aid. Leaving Military Aid Untouched.
[In millions of dollars (16,836 represents $16,836,000,000). 2008.
2008
Region/Country
Total Economic & Military
Economic
Military
Cut Economic Aid by 10%
Savings to U.S. Budget (in $ millions)
Total
$ 53,243
$ 5,915.90
Unit indicator
Afghanistan
8,892
2,880
6,012
$ 2,592
$ 288.00
Albania
46
43
3
$ 39
$ 4.30
Algeria
13
12
1
$ 11
$ 1.20
Angola
58
58
0
$ 52
$ 5.80
Antigua and Barbuda
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Argentina
4
3
1
$ 3
$ 0.30
Armenia
221
217
4
$ 195
$ 21.70
Austria
11
11
0
$ 10
$ 1.10
Azerbaijan
37
33
4
$ 30
$ 3.30
Bahamas
20
19
1
$ 17
$ 1.90
Bahrain
6
1
5
$ 1
$ 0.10
Bangladesh
171
170
1
$ 153
$ 17.00
Barbados
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Belarus
12
12
0
$ 11
$ 1.20
Belgium
24
24
0
$ 22
$ 2.40
Belize
4
3
1
$ 3
$ 0.30
Benin
94
94
0
$ 85
$ 9.40
Bhutan
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Bolivia
128
128
0
$ 115
$ 12.80
Bosnia and Herzegovina
36
32
4
$ 29
$ 3.20
Botswana
211
210
1
$ 189
$ 21.00
Brazil
38
38
0
$ 34
$ 3.80
Bulgaria
26
18
8
$ 16
$ 1.80
Burkina Faso
42
42
0
$ 38
$ 4.20
Burma (Myanmar)
83
83
0
$ 75
$ 8.30
Burundi
46
46
0
$ 41
$ 4.60
Cambodia
76
75
1
$ 68
$ 7.50
Cameroon
20
20
0
$ 18
$ 2.00
Cape Verde
18
18
0
$ 16
$ 1.80
Central African Republic
31
31
0
$ 28
$ 3.10
Chad
127
127
0
$ 114
$ 12.70
Chile
4
3
1
$ 3
$ 0.30
China (P.R. Hong Kong)
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
China (P.R.C.)
103
103
0
$ 93
$ 10.30
China (Tibet)
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
China, Republic of (Taiwan)
21
21
0
$ 19
$ 2.10
Colombia
888
834
54
$ 751
$ 83.40
Comoros
2
1
1
$ 1
$ 0.10
Congo (Brazzaville)
3
3
0
$ 3
$ 0.30
Congo (Kinshasa) \2
255
249
6
$ 224
$ 24.90
Costa Rica
9
9
0
$ 8
$ 0.90
Cote d’Ivoire
79
79
0
$ 71
$ 7.90
Croatia
5
5
0
$ 5
$ 0.50
Cuba
32
32
0
$ 29
$ 3.20
Cyprus
17
17
0
$ 15
$ 1.70
Czech Republic
8
4
4
$ 4
$ 0.40
Djibouti
10
8
2
$ 7
$ 0.80
Dominican Republic
53
52
1
$ 47
$ 5.20
Ecuador
51
51
0
$ 46
$ 5.10
Egypt
1,492
201
1,291
$ 181
$ 20.10
El Salvador
223
216
7
$ 194
$ 21.60
Equatorial Guinea
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Eritrea
3
3
0
$ 3
$ 0.30
Estonia
11
8
3
$ 7
$ 0.80
Ethiopia
1,008
1,007
1
$ 906
$ 100.70
Fiji
2
2
0
$ 2
$ 0.20
France
2
2
0
$ 2
$ 0.20
Gabon
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Gambia
12
12
0
$ 11
$ 1.20
Georgia
274
264
10
$ 238
$ 26.40
Germany
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Ghana
230
229
1
$ 206
$ 22.90
Greece
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Grenada
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Guatemala
111
111
0
$ 100
$ 11.10
Guinea
26
26
0
$ 23
$ 2.60
Guinea-Bissau
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Guyana
29
29
0
$ 26
$ 2.90
Haiti
310
309
1
$ 278
$ 30.90
Honduras
74
72
2
$ 65
$ 7.20
Hungary
30
28
2
$ 25
$ 2.80
India
147
146
1
$ 131
$ 14.60
Indonesia
208
194
14
$ 175
$ 19.40
Iran
7
7
0
$ 6
$ 0.70
Iraq
7,452
3,083
4,369
$ 2,775
$ 308.30
Ireland
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Israel
2,425
44
2,381
$ 40
$ 4.40
Jamaica
22
21
1
$ 19
$ 2.10
Japan
4
4
0
$ 4
$ 0.40
Jordan
833
532
301
$ 479
$ 53.20
Kazakhstan
111
109
2
$ 98
$ 10.90
Kenya
719
718
1
$ 646
$ 71.80
Kiribati
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Korea Republic
6
6
0
$ 5
$ 0.60
Korea, Democratic Republic
188
188
0
$ 169
$ 18.80
Kosovo
207
207
0
$ 186
$ 20.70
Kuwait
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Kyrgyzstan
76
74
2
$ 67
$ 7.40
Laos
7
7
0
$ 6
$ 0.70
Latvia
9
6
3
$ 5
$ 0.60
Lebanon
195
187
8
$ 168
$ 18.70
Lesotho
362
362
0
$ 326
$ 36.20
Liberia
221
133
88
$ 120
$ 13.30
Libya
10
10
0
$ 9
$ 1.00
Lithuania
5
2
3
$ 2
$ 0.20
Macedonia
31
28
3
$ 25
$ 2.80
Madagascar
119
119
0
$ 107
$ 11.90
Malawi
103
103
0
$ 93
$ 10.30
Malaysia
53
52
1
$ 47
$ 5.20
Maldives
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Mali
142
142
0
$ 128
$ 14.20
Malta
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Marshall Islands
47
47
0
$ 42
$ 4.70
Mauritania
24
24
0
$ 22
$ 2.40
Mauritius
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Mexico
95
95
0
$ 86
$ 9.50
Micronesia (Federated States)
80
80
0
$ 72
$ 8.00
Moldova
20
19
1
$ 17
$ 1.90
Mongolia
326
324
2
$ 292
$ 32.40
Montenegro
10
10
0
$ 9
$ 1.00
Morocco
696
691
5
$ 622
$ 69.10
Mozambique
799
799
0
$ 719
$ 79.90
Namibia
129
129
0
$ 116
$ 12.90
Nepal
106
105
1
$ 95
$ 10.50
Netherlands
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Nicaragua
145
143
2
$ 129
$ 14.30
Niger
49
49
0
$ 44
$ 4.90
Nigeria
485
483
2
$ 435
$ 48.30
Oman
23
17
6
$ 15
$ 1.70
Pakistan
963
605
358
$ 545
$ 60.50
Palau
27
27
0
$ 24
$ 2.70
Panama
17
16
1
$ 14
$ 1.60
Papua New Guinea
3
3
0
$ 3
$ 0.30
Paraguay
17
17
0
$ 15
$ 1.70
Peru
159
159
0
$ 143
$ 15.90
Philippines
161
132
29
$ 119
$ 13.20
Poland
31
2
29
$ 2
$ 0.20
Portugal
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Qatar
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Romania
26
13
13
$ 12
$ 1.30
Russia
1,261
1,261
0
$ 1,135
$ 126.10
Rwanda
172
172
0
$ 155
$ 17.20
Samoa
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Sao Tome and Principe
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Saudi Arabia
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Senegal
78
77
1
$ 69
$ 7.70
Serbia
58
58
0
$ 52
$ 5.80
Serbia and Montenegro \3
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Seychelles
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Sierra Leone
12
12
0
$ 11
$ 1.20
Singapore
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Slovak Republic
7
5
2
$ 5
$ 0.50
Slovenia
2
1
1
$ 1
$ 0.10
Somalia
351
303
48
$ 273
$ 30.30
South Africa
568
567
1
$ 510
$ 56.70
Spain
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Sri Lanka
69
68
1
$ 61
$ 6.80
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
St. Lucia
0
0
0
$ –
$ –
Sudan
1,196
997
199
$ 897
$ 99.70
Suriname
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Swaziland
14
14
0
$ 13
$ 1.40
Syria
36
36
0
$ 32
$ 3.60
Tajikistan
70
69
1
$ 62
$ 6.90
Tanzania
1,061
1,061
0
$ 955
$ 106.10
Thailand
55
53
2
$ 48
$ 5.30
Timor-Leste
35
35
0
$ 32
$ 3.50
Togo
3
3
0
$ 3
$ 0.30
Tonga
2
1
1
$ 1
$ 0.10
Trinidad and Tobago
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Tunisia
11
1
10
$ 1
$ 0.10
Turkey
22
12
10
$ 11
$ 1.20
Turkmenistan
22
22
0
$ 20
$ 2.20
Uganda
456
455
1
$ 410
$ 45.50
Ukraine
111
103
8
$ 93
$ 10.30
United Arab Emirates
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
United Kingdom
2
2
0
$ 2
$ 0.20
Uruguay
1
1
0
$ 1
$ 0.10
Uzbekistan
14
14
0
$ 13
$ 1.40
Vanuatu
13
13
0
$ 12
$ 1.30
Venezuela
19
19
0
$ 17
$ 1.90
Vietnam
87
87
0
$ 78
$ 8.70
West Bank/Gaza \4
575
575
0
$ 518
$ 57.50
Yemen
37
32
5
$ 29
$ 3.20
Zambia
262
262
0
$ 236
$ 26.20
Zimbabwe
234
234
0
$ 211
$ 23.40
Other
49,057
33,611
15,446
$ 30,250
$ 3,361.10
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