This is preposterous!!!!!!!! The U.S. needs this kind of money to help its' own people.

2014-03-04T14:59:29-05:00

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Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2014 4:13 PM

2014-03-04T16:13:48-05:00

100% Agree SSG, the amount of money thrown at other countries is mind blowing.  We are unable to educate, have proper health care, or living conditions for our population as a whole so why should we be giving Billions to others.  There are plenty of schools, hospitals and veteran social programs that could use these funds to better American lives.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2014 4:18 PM

2014-03-04T16:18:55-05:00

SSG Vandriel, too true! I wish that taking care of our homefront had a higher priority. There are other ways that we can help Ukraine, such as using our influence to block all trade with the Russian Federation.

Response by SFC James Baber made Mar 4 at 2014 6:50 PM

2014-03-04T18:50:30-05:00

I read this earlier today and was blown away, this is the reason why our retirees and AD SMs are seeing reduced benefits and budget cutbacks, because of our current administration giving away money to countries that could care less about us except when we give them aid and assistance, stop the idiocy and take care of the home front first and foremost, this was the intention of our fore fathers and the constitution, not to give money to every country suffering from attacks from another.

Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Mar 4 at 2014 10:29 PM

2014-03-04T22:29:28-05:00

Because you're thought process is not yet at the strategic level, it's hard to comprehend that there's a bigger picture.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2014 10:35 PM

2014-03-04T22:35:26-05:00

More cuts coming to all in the near future.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 5 at 2014 3:23 PM

2014-03-05T15:23:41-05:00

Not to be a stick in the mud, but this type of aid is stipulated in the budget and accounted for every year, money is set aside for natural disaster relief, refugee crisis, etc... It's very important we use this money in ways like this to show the values of Democratic countries and the positive things we do around the world to help the poor and disenfranchised. Yes it would be nice to spend that money here at home and have a slightly larger paycheck and retirement benefits, but I can guarantee the people this money goes to need it a whole hell of a lot more. Besides that, the more good will we can essentially "buy" in the world, the less likely it is we'll be facing those same people as enemies further down the road. People and countries tend to remember who was there for them when they were down on their luck, and the U.S. could do with some much needed positive publicity, and a lot more friends on our side of the court. Personally, as a tax paying citizen, I don't see much of a problem with this, we've been doing the same type of thing since WWI and I don't see it changing anytime soon.

Response by SrA Zachary Bolling made Mar 5 at 2014 4:18 PM

2014-03-05T16:18:50-05:00

1 Billion freaking dollars!! Imagine what that could do for our country. It is, of course, nothing compared to the 16 trillion + national debt but wouldn't it make sense to invest that money into something that will benefit the U.S.. Such as getting the retirees awaiting their retirement checks the money they need to survive instead of putting so many of them on food stamps and unemployment. Maybe put some towards helping the homeless population of this country. Those are the first to pop in my head but I'm sure there is a better use of that money within our sinking ship that we call a country. When will Congress and the other politicians start putting their own country on the top of their priority list and stop trying to fatten their own wallets and scratching everyone else's back. This just seems like a vulgar display of bad decision making. 

Response by CW2 Jonathan Kantor made Apr 15 at 2014 11:17 AM

2014-04-15T11:17:30-04:00

I agree but this is actually something we budget for. I don't know how much we put aside, but there is a foreign aid part of our budget and we give a lot of money to a lot of countries. It's almost an investment. Since the money is budgeted, it would require the Congress to re-appropriate the funds to domestic programs and that isn't going it happen. The U.S. is far too concerned with external aid than it is on rebuilding our infrastructure, education, etc..

Response by SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter made Nov 21 at 2017 10:24 PM

2017-11-21T22:24:29-05:00

Absolutely totally ridiculous. Like we can't use the money here what about using it to help Veterans. Why is it our Politicians do such nonsense things.

Peace!