If it is impossible to buy friends, why does the US send so much tax-payer money to other countries?
April 10, 2010 by
Filed under Yemen News
“Clinton did not detail the enhanced assistance but noted the United States currently has a three-year, $121 million development and economic aid program with Yemen. Separately, the U.S. administration is providing nearly $70 million in military aid this year.” (Fox News)
It seems with today’s technology, we should be able to directly vote on expenditures this large.
Evidence seems to indicate that these generous and continuing gifts have not earned the USA the respect or friendship intended. Perhaps it is time to stop.
Foremost — Are you sure that US dollars are being spent on humanitarian causes? Do we even know if 50 pecent on being spent for humanitarian purposes?
In the article, the goverment said, “the U.S. administration is providing nearly $70 million in military aid this year.”
I seem to remember helping other former friends, Sadam Hussein, and Osama bin Laden.
And how much did we send to North Korea as a bribe to keep them from develping nuclear weapons?
These policies of buying friendships do not work. We must earn the respect of others by denying these types of demands.
If I may presume to assume I have a correct answer then it would appear to be something of a back door set up fund to start a business and establish a legal hold on property as well as any prosperity from said property to flow back into the governments treasury for which only those with secret access may dip into their pot of gold.
It’s called humanitarianism. We are a country of people who care about others. Sending aid to people in distress is not meant to buy friends, it’s to help people.
In the ordinary world of business, it’s called bribery. The USA gives money to individuals and government and the [often unspoken] message is, “Now do as you are told or else you’ll never get another cent.” It’s called commercial imperialism.
It has been suggested that the USA is behaving in a humanitarian way but that can’t be true. It treats its own poor and sick people so badly, that it seems unlikely foreigners get all those billions just out of the goodness of the USA heart. There is very little evidence that the USA, as a society, is caring or sympathetic towards the depressed and suffering masses of the world, or even inside the USA. The countries that receive USA handouts get the plain message: “Of course you can have our help , but you’d better start doing things our way.” It’s called commercial imperialism.
And there is a straight commercial basis. The USA has a long history of pouring money into economies that lack purchasing power, so that the foreign country can buy USA goods. The long term result is increases sales and international trade for USA but, often, no lasting benefit for the recipient. It’s called commercial imperialism.
It has little to do with friendship. It’s called commercial imperialism.
The government proves the point over and over again. They keep trying to bribe our enemies instead of rewarding our friends.
Result? EPIC FAIL!