During the past five years, the United States and many other donor nations pledged billions of dollars to Afghanistan, yet Afghans keep asking: "Where did the money go?" American taxpayers should be asking the same question. Last year, for example, when the president sent his wife to Kabul for the New York Times,they reported that her mission was "to promise long-term commitment from the United States to education for women and children." she pledged that the United States would give an additional $17.7 million to support education in Afghanistan. But that grant had been announced before; and it was not for Afghan education (or women and children) at all but for a new private, for-profit American University of Afghanistan. (How a private university comes to be supported by public tax dollars and the Army Corps of Engineers is another peculiarity of Bush aid.)
"You cannot support private education and ignore public education."
The question IS:
Where do you think all this money is?
2006-09-08 05:17:09 · 5 answers · asked by Holly 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I was watching the news and the 9/11 firefighters and victims were not even getting healthcare they need and deserve,from after the attack.Why can't we help some of our own out?
2006-09-08 05:22:13 · update #1
Same place it always goes. Waste. How many worthless endevors do we pay for both in country and out? Our US Milatary is in so many places we should not be - and before you guys jump up and say we should be in Iraq, I am not talking about there. But should we have running bases every nation? Why when we could use them more on homeland security here and save a bit.
What about just giving money to every third wold country on the planet? Why should we pay for every one elses mistakes? It is not my fault that people in Africa cannot control their problems, or India or where ever.
Finally how much money do we waste on the wellfare system here at home? I see generation after generation who never get jobs because their parents and grand parents never had a job and they get free stuff from our US Gov. Free $, Free medical, and Free houses. Granted it is not the best of those items, but why work when you are used to living in those conditions.
There are so many other things money, in my openion, is wasted on. But it is possible to slow the bleeding if our leaders could without a liberal stepping in a telling them the US Citizen should take care of everyones problems. "oh the poor people of New Orleans need our help." True. I agree 100%. BUT I was traveling thru the north west side of that town a week back, and no one wants to actually do the labor and fix the town. But a lot of people have hands out while waiting for the government to build them a new house. I could not beleive what I saw while I was there. Groups of people standing around doing nothing, and a news paper front page that talked about how they were getting screwed by the US Gov. And the rebuild was taking too long. OK, if you do not think it is going fast enough, HELP.
One last thing, this is not a statement about race. Every race of people in this nation has that has that group of people that just are lazy.
Anyhow, it is just my openion...
2006-09-08 06:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jeremy H 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Since when has tax dollars not been wasted? I do not know where the money went, but I keep asking, where did the money go for the victims of Katrina? Waste is very popular with the U.S. government.
2006-09-08 05:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question.
It went into the pockets of Haliburton execs & shareholders, and other private contractors hired to "rebuild".
Bush and his cronies personify "capitalistic pigs".
Americans should be asking more questions like this..
2006-09-08 05:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
AMEN you can say all that again and again!
2006-09-08 05:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by bobsdidi 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you have it. What are you hiding?
2006-09-08 05:18:41 · answer #5 · answered by Zee HatMan 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋