Yesterday there was a thread concerning AIPAC lobbying against Rand Paul's attack on foreign aid for the Palestinian Authority.

Article today about where your tax dollars are going when it comes to foreign aid. As Eikenberry says in the article, warning it may bring a tear to your eye.

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In doing so, International Relief and Development increased its annual revenue from $1.2 million to $706 million, most of it from one corner of the federal government — the U.S. Agency for International Development. IRD has received more grants and cooperative agreements from USAID in recent years than any other nonprofit relief and development organization in the nation — $1.9 billion.

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Some of those employees, including the former acting administrator of USAID, received substantial pay raises by crossing the Potomac and joining IRD at its new offices in Arlington, Va., collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual salaries, bonuses and other compensation.

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Over time, IRD has assembled an impressive board of advisers that has also included former House majority leader Richard A. Gephardt and John D. Negroponte, who served as ambassador to several countries, including Iraq, and was the nation’s first director of national intelligence.

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Posted by Porky

Member since Aug 2008

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Posted on 5/5/14 at 9:12 am to OleWar

That's a very good article that sheds a lot of light on the real motives behind our government and non-government funded programs operating under the guise of "humanitarian relief" and post-war "rebuilding" or "reconstruction" endeavors in foreign countries. Most are nothing more than modern day carpetbagging, money sucking, parasitic scams.

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Yesterday there was a thread concerning AIPAC lobbying against Rand Paul's attack on foreign aid for the Palestinian Authority.

It wouldn't surprise me if AIPAC is receiving some of the "Palestinian aid" money in an indirect manner.

This post was edited on 5/5/14 at 2:22 pm

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Posted by davesdawgs

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Posted on 5/5/14 at 9:24 am to OleWar

"Today, IRD finds itself falling out of favor with the agency that was once its most ardent patron. Because of concerns about performance, USAID is considering whether to continue its relationship with IRD, according to two high-ranking government officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly."

So someone will just form another "non-profit" to attract USAID money; rinse and repeat.