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In reply to the discussion: "Would You Like To Buy A Pen?" She Asked Me [View all]shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)77. Fair enough...
A lot of the different items have a security component, but yes, military assistance is only $5.1 billion and not $14.1 billion. Apologies for the mistake.
By the way, that was called contrition, admitting one's mistakes. Quite an essential part of honesty in many ways. You should try it sometime.
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People do not underestand how tiny a fraction of the budget is used by Foreign Aid.
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#11
It's amazing how someone selling pencils like that can form an unforgettable image stamped in your
world wide wally
Feb 2013
#13
"...for the cost of one aircraft carrier, we could feed every hungry person in the entire world."
Duer 157099
Feb 2013
#17
Not quite right. Many of them are not 'US' installations. We share a building in another country's
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#76
One carrier would feed everyone. But then no one would hate us and the MIC wouldn't prosper as much.
Scuba
Feb 2013
#26
Thank you for your Congressional efforts. Since the rest of us are not Congressmen, does it matter
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#36