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Obama wants to increase contributions to United Nations by 33 percent
What does a law mean anyway? In 1994 President Clinton signed a law capping the U.S. contributions for peace keeping. But what the heck. With good old Samantha Power at the U.N., what does a law mean anyway. By the way, we are over $17 trillion in debt. Keep this oldie moldie post in mind: 192 Countries exist in the world. We give Aid to 150 March 14, 2011
There are 192 countries in the world. We give out Aid to 150 of them. This doesn’t include that we have 120 military installations world-wide with hundreds of thousands of troops in an attempt to keep the world at relative peace. This is just what finished the Roman Empire. Can we not learn from History? Are we doomed to repeat it?
As you compute your taxes this year, remember how much of your hard-earned money is being given to foreign countries.
That’s us dishing-out an allowance toover 78% of the nations in existence…Interactive Foreign Aid Map -here- If the map doesn’t work go to Always on Watch
Via CNS News:
When U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday,the panel will consider a budget request for international organizations that is 33 percent bigger than last year’s, including a 43 percent hike in U.S. contributions to peacekeeping missions.
The administration’s fiscal year 2015 budget request for the U.N. and other organizations is $4.036 billion, up from $3.031 billion in FY2014. For contributions to peacekeeping missions, it is asking for $2.518 billion, up from $1.765 last year.
The $2.518 billion for peacekeeping amounts to 28.36 percent of the U.N.’s total peacekeeping budget. The U.S. also provides 22 percent of the separate U.N. operating budget. The U.N. has 193 member states.
According to Heritage Foundation scholar Brett Schaefer, President Clinton in 1994 signed a law setting a 25 percent cap on U.S. contributions for U.N. peacekeeping, which at the time were running at around 30 percent.
Filed under: UN Tagged: Obama, President Clinton, Samantha Power, U.N., United Nations 
Source: http://bunkerville.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/obama-wants-to-increase-contributions-to-united-nations-by-33-percent/
