I see Bush wants to spend billions more in foreign aid. Why does he always choose to "Help America Last."?

Question

I know I am a heretic, but what's wrong with spending that money on schools and healtch clinics here in the USA instead of Iraq, Israel, and Palestine?

Answer 1

"I can unequivocally state that the abuse related to contracts awarded to KBR [Halliburton] represents the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career."
Testimony of Bunnatine Greenhouse, the highest ranking civilian in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Answer 2

It gets old hearing people blame the president. Yes, it is true that I am a republican.. and I am a Bush advocate.. but the president don't have as much power as congress. Let me say this...Education is not it...teachers cannot teach kids that do not wanna learn. The government and society has tied the teachers hands. Teachers can't even yell at kids anymore because it might be some kind of abuse.... sooo that battle is lost anyhow.. so since that battle is lost.. Why spend money on a lost cause?? no matter how much money there is... teachers hands are tied.. but I am all for health clinics. But it is not Bush.. it is government in itself.. not republican, not democratic, it is rich and poor... congress has no need to worry because their pockets are ok.. leave bush out.. just call it government.. and we are abouit 3 steps away from communism.. on the upside??? how many illegal immigrants want to come to a communist country? Especially when that is the sole reason for them leaving their own country....

Answer 3

Well, don't blame just Bush; foreign aid from the U.S. has been going on for longer than I can remember and from every administration, no matter which party is in control.

I agree with you though; spend the money where it belongs in the first place -- AT HOME. Billions after billions shipped off to "deserving" countries, and the world still hates us.

Answer 4

Palestine has been cut off,Israel should be until Israel and the pals can learn to getalong. we should not support or take sides in a conflict. Israel and Egypt are the top welfare cases of America. Besides Iraq,but that is the result of invasion.

Answer 5

Many conservative loyalists tend to cherry-%. stats and information that favors their slant on an identical time as ignoring the rest that would desire to in all likelihood run opposite to their view. besides the shown fact that, it may well be stated that impeaching Bush and Cheney this previous due interior the 2d term is somewhat pointless. additionally, whether there have been sufficient information of a criminal offense, there are not adequate votes interior the Senate to surely convict. Political bias is a great factor in determining the effect, purely because it became the final time around (Clinton).

Answer 6

He's got to bribe the rest of the world into liking the US again (which is a big help in the war on terror) since most of the world hates the US since the invasion of Iraq. I hope it works.

Answer 7

I liked it when on the old show "Star Trek" they weren't allowed to interfere in any way with the politics or "goings on" of other cultures. That's how it should be.

Answer 8

Holy crap! Bush invented foreign aide also?
Wow! Stop the presses, I knew he was responsible for sids, aids, std, wmb, usmc, usaf and every other possible thing, but find out he invented foreign aide, is, well, it just floors me.

As if he has total control, every heard of treaties, kiddo?

Answer 9

he would have to submit home projects to competitive bidding and halliburton would get aced out. he wnats halliburton to get all the contracts at a hight price. that is the reason for the war. its business.

Answer 10

Because that is what all presidents tend to do. I don't remember any president who did not do the same. Because it is easy politics.