UN mad Trump won't give money to make more Muslim babies

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there’s simply no one else delivering aid at this scale.

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Why?

If feel worse about this if half the world didn't hate us as much as they do.

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This is not the fault of the US taxpayers

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Actually it is. People in these places would probably have resolved their conflicts that keep them constantly at war with each other instead of growing food and prospering. The US aid gives them a false lifestyle that can be had without facing their societal problems. In short, we addict them to our aid.

Cut off the aid. There will be a period of suffering, but that path is the only one that will eventually lead them to normalcy - or not. Maybe it will lead them to extinction as has been the case with other primitive peoples. That’s okay too.

The sign in the national parks is instructive. It says something like -

“Don’t feed the animals. They will become used to it and lose their ability to feed themselves.”

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The US aid gives them a false lifestyle that can be had without facing their societal problems. In short, we addict them to our aid.

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I understand what you're saying and agree for the most part. But it's not like there was a nationwide referendum on any of this shite and people supported it. I think it's fair to say that most taxpayers oppose the vast majority of bullshite foreign aid and are unaware of how it's being spent. So it's not the taxpayer to blame for this, it's the a-hole politicians and associated bureaucrats that have been giving away trillions of mostly unaccountable dollars for the past fifty years that have simultaneously fricked the taxpayer and the people receiving the 'aid'.

I think Americans by and large are generous and compassionate people and most would actually support a lot of foreign aid, under the right circumstances, namely that we actually have surplus funds to give as aid. Instead, everyone's got their hand out when we're running two trillion deficits. That is not sustainable and nobody with a brain supports that.

Penrod, You are so very right my friend. Throughout the Caribbean and South Central America I see this play out over and over.

As an example, the US, through one of its agencies was supposed to build a water plant. The govt had the money, but they had stolen it. So the US moves in and lets the same govt oversee the project.....and the project money is stolen as well. A few years pass, another "US rep" decides to donate the money......and stolen again.

So the money for the plant has been stolen three times and the people still dont have water.

Had the US stayed out of it, and many other projects, the govts wouldnt have the stolen money for breads and circuses and the people would oust them.

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Had the US stayed out of it, and many other projects, the govts wouldnt have the stolen money for breads and circuses and the people would oust them.

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100%
The US government protects corrupt politicians to promote stability at the expense of the people.

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There are some theories that food abundance leads to wars in human societies.

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It certainly used to before the advent of nations. Back then when the crops were harvested, and were bountiful, enterprising young men would gather warriors and set out for fun and adventure (and women, to be honest). These days they start businesses.

Maybe in places like Somalia it’s still like it used to be and our food aid is allowing them the luxury of time to go around raping and pillaging.

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Actually it is. People in these places would probably have resolved their conflicts that keep them constantly at war with each other instead of growing food and prospering. The US aid gives them a false lifestyle that can be had without facing their societal problems. In short, we addict them to our aid.

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Then why are people bitching about tax cuts? Time to shut the atm down.



I agree with you btw, but I’m just tired of the crying wondering how we would pay for all this. You don’t.

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there’s simply no one else delivering aid at this scale

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This tells me it isn't necessary.

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The cuts are expected to deepen food insecurity

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Is food insecurity a new term? I've never heard it used until the last few years.