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Originally Posted by Cool Beans
Without fanfare, Obama signs Pakistan aid bill - Yahoo! News
with the current US population at 307,706,041 that 7.5 billion equals $243.74 per person.
Where the hell is he pulling this money from? Taxes? So this year every one of us, including our wives and kids each paid $243.74 to Pakistan?
And from reading CNN only a small fraction of the last batch of $$$ actually made it to the military to fight the AlQueda.
I want to opt out of my families share of 243.74 x 5 = $1218.70!!!
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Did you actually read the news article you posted? Or did you take your calculations from one website, then post the yahoo site so it looked like you were being objective?
First, the aid is $7.5 billion over 5 years and has to be renewed by Congress every year. That equates to $1.5billion/year, or less than what we aid to Israel, Egypt or Iraq (and only one of those countries we're actually fighting a war in).
Second, Pakistan is the real location of the war against *Al Qaeda*. For the most part, Al Qaeda has been pushed out of the Afghan mountains and into Pakistan. If we want to crush Al Qaeda, then we need Pakistan's cooperation.
Third, this may be a surprise to you, but the government receives taxes from businesses too. As such, all your math that was suppose to be some dramatic demonstration as to how much each of us is going to pay is horribly flawed.
So no, this year every one of us (including our wives and kids) *did not* pay $7.5 Billion to Pakistan. And right from the get-go, they have declared that all of this money isn't for military aid. But, the included requisite that a certain portion does, has the Pakistanis up in arms.
Please at least read the article you actually cited next time.