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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 08:24 PM
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Perry: Foreign Aid dollars for every country will start at 0 dollars.
Edited on Sat Nov-12-11 08:28 PM by LiberalFighter
Does that mean Israel too?


If such a great idea then why hasn't Congress implemented that policy? They determine the budget.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 08:29 PM
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1. The 1% won't like that.
They make a lot of loot by buying debt from those countries and then they get paid back from US foreign aid taxpayer dollars.

Greg Palast talks about it in his new book, 'Vulture's Picnic'.

http://www.truth-out.org/interview-greg-palast-about-vultures-picnic/1320153998
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aaaaaa5a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 08:32 PM
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2. Rick Perry's answer was just a cliche applause line

because he wasn't smart enough to answer the question he was actually given.
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peaches2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 08:34 PM
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3. That's his talking point for the night
The quwation was about Pakistan and the US of which Perry obviously knows nothing. So he goes on a tirade about '0 dollars in foreign aid to anyone'. Host asks him to answer the Pakistan question. He answers 'no foreign aid to anyone'. Huh? Let's see how many more times tomight he says foreign aid. He is an idiot.
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 08:39 PM
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4. Also must mean all the troops are coming home
We spend a lot of money policing the world.
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walerosco Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:15 PM
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5. Doesnt everything start with 0?
no where in the debate did he say it would end at 0. If theres one place republicunts do not wanna cut, its foreign aid
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:24 PM
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6. He's such a ****ing creep. They all are.
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