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Just imagine not being able to go over a bridge or into a neighborhood where your child needs to be in order to receive medical treatment.

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Radiofreeeuropa
April 3, 2007, 2:03 a.m.
How utterly wrong.
You know we leave this world the same way we came in.
With nothing. The only thing we can do of real value
is to make it better (or at least try not to make it worse) for those who are here with us now and those who will come after us. People in the U.S. complain often about their tax dollars being wasted on ineffective aid. believing huge percentages of their incomes are going overseas and doing little good. The truth is humanitarian foreign aid provided by the U.S. government amounts to less than 1 percent of the federal budget.(.06%) That is only a fraction of what people think is spent. Among the top 21 industrialized nations, the U.S. ranks last in terms of the percentage of gross national product spent on humanitarian foreign aid. By contrast Look at the cost of the War in human terms and fiscal terms. Last I heard 52% of the budget excluding the "special funding and shadow ops.
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crghss
April 3, 2007, 2:03 p.m.
How has the US have anything to do with this? What about Japan, Iran, Pakastian, Russia? Why the USA. The region hates the USA but when they need money right to the the USA. Why waste our money on a future suicide bomber?
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tracyruns262
April 3, 2007, 2:51 p.m.
The same way the US seems to be able to "butt in" where we don't belong!
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sue2008
April 3, 2007, 4:27 p.m.
excatlly my point.............
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HMMace
April 3, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
BLAME OUR POLTICINS FOR DOING THE BIDDING OF BIG BUSINESS---THE BUSINESS CZARS BOUGHT THESE POLITICIANS WHEN THEY WERE ELECTED, SO THEY DO BIG BUSINESS BIDDING..NOW THE WHOLE WORLD HATES US..WE NEED TO CHANGE POLITICIANS--WE NEED TO NEVER RE ELECT ANY POLITICIANS..WE ALSO NEED A BETTER WAY TO HOLD ELECTIONS..SPENDING A 100 MILLION DOLLARS OF OTHER PEOPLES MONEY--DOES NOT HELP THE ELECTORATE--IT HELPS THE MONEY MEN..NOT THE PEOPLE, BUT THE BUSINESSES..THEY SHOW THIER PATRIOTISM BY HAVING ALL THIER GOODS MADE OVERSEAS,,NEVER RE ELECT ANY POLITICIAN--EVER..
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aceofspades1
April 3, 2007, 11:20 p.m.
What's the point? a poor man has a sick son - he tries to get mendical aid - gets caught up in international activities - so? - happens all the time right here in the US the working poor can't get help when they need it so why should I worry about some guy with a tough life in a tough area?
Feel sorry for him? Help someone here