Foreign Aid

" My crime -- tax dollars are going because new controversy over where they are being spent did you know millions are being sent overseas by the US State Department. Our own William -- is tracking your taxes -- you a start threatening you weird transition there from Tom DeLay it to you William but I knew you can handle it."

" I think that you did a very good job you know there are many different types of foreign -- there's military disaster humanitarian we look primarily -- economic -- the purpose of that is to help friendly. Poor nations prosper so many might wonder why are we giving money to countries whose leaders openly vilify the United States and others. Who are rolling --"

" Americans went broke last year filling up their tank thanks to OPEC yet this year the State Department budget provides millions to oil rich kingdom's dripping -- Saudi Arabia Oman and Bahrain while everyone wants peace in the Middle East are we buying it as well. The US provides nearly three billion to Israel for security but also gives Jordan Egypt Lebanon a billion dollars. And 400 million in salaries and -- to the Palestinian Authority. Which doesn't even represent the government in Gaza."

" I don't think that were really creating security forces for the Palestinian I think we're helping to subsidize an army for punitive. Palestinian state."

" America also spend generously where dictators rule and the US has openly vilify. 98 million to supposedly strip Kim Jong Il a nuclear weapons twenty million for political prisoners in Castro's Cuba. Six million to promote a civil society and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela 500000. For border security and Khaddafi Libya. 26 million for police and Eva Morales is Bolivia. And 56 million to support the rule of law and human rights and Putin's Russia. Arguably one of the world's richest nations."

" We still cannot point. To any relationship between foreign aid and growth between foreign aid in the right kinds of policies are institutions that create prosperity."

" The list the list goes on and I'm but I want to tell you we also -- about 200 million dollars to integrate the former Yugoslavia in countries. Into the EU. We give 177 million to help greenhouse gas emissions around the world not here and the one that I like best you guys. Is eleven million dollars to help the reunification of Cyprus. And that hasn't happened for 35 years back to you. But that's this is an of the most incredible report yet 1000090 million dollars to a vilified regime than fifty million dollars to the Russian what are we giving them money at the Royal Oak. Good question the other giving his natural gas is wow -- thing we're doing his words were paying them to dismantle their nuclear weapons now as you said. Arguably Russia can afford to do that themselves were also pay for some border security while also paying for them to look offered WMD. These are expenses that many would argue they should pick up themselves but even today ambassador Bolton said well if we don't pay it they won't do it. Well jeunesse live from Los Angeles where he made us all feel really good about paying our tax. -- swells."