August 12th, 2009, 7:08 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Thomas J. Lucente Jr.
What is wrong with this picture?
With unemployment soaring and the economy in shambles, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged $17 million to Congo to fight sexual abuse.
Are you kidding me?
The government is taking our money and giving it to Congo to fight sexual abuse.
Unbelievable.
By no stretch of the imagination can you say fighting sexual abuse in Congo is a matter of U.S. national security. In fact, there is absolutely zero U.S. interest in the level of sexual abuse in Congo.
All this while the United States in July recorded its 10th straight month of deficit spending and is on track to end the fiscal year with a $1.84 trillion deficit, more than three times last year’s record $454.8 billion deficit.
While you might say $17 million is just a drop in the bucket, it adds up. This is but one example of how the federal government is spending the money it takes from you, money that you could be spending on yourself. Besides, tell the person who just lost his or her job that $17 million taken from U.S. citizens by their government is heading to the Congo to fight sexual abuse in that African country and see where that gets you.
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