Foreign officials fear cuts in aid

if i am correct that is 2 billion people!!! living on 2 dollars a day or less. that is unacceptable in this day and age. If we are going to give 700 billion dollars to the auto industry or the banks or whatever, i am sure they could live with 500 billion and give 200 billion to people in need! I don't know what plans the illuminati have but if they were to give a couple billion dollars to our world and people in need, they would win in my eyes. Lets make it happen!

Good intentions never go unpunished. Homes for the poor turned into this great Global financial meltdown! The cost of buying votes can get costly! If you’re so compelled to help you can donate to the Feed the children fund. That is unless you’re as cheap as Joe Biden and want to help with the taxpayer’s money instead of his own. I love the Liberals love and compassion with other peoples money while they hoard their own. Not to fear! The Messiah is near!

When one reads the list of countries to receive this money one can only think of the governments in these countries who have brought this on the people. Sudan - brought on by the government. Somalia - brought on by the government Zimbebwe - brought on by the government/was the food basket of Africa. Iraq - brought on by the war, but, they now have a budget surplus that can be used. Palestinians - 60 years of handouts because the governments refuse to create jobs while committed to killing all Jewish people. No Arab country will allow them to live anywhere but in camps without any work - so let them feed them. Congo - tribal wars over 20 years Chad - tribal wars again I oppose any funding from America for any of these countries period. It is time for these governments to stop their destructive methods of ethnic cleansing and take care of their people. If we continue the handouts they will never change their ways and become productive nations. It is time to stand up and say NO and NO again until they get the message.

Maybe the officials at the UN could start to help the poor from their countries by stopping to live the lavish lifestyles of privilege. Perhaps even take a pay cut. One thing that I do not understand is diplomatic immunity. Why is anyone above our laws, especially foreigners? I can understand a shielding from harassment, but not for criminality.

Good point, HCY727. In addition, John Holmes, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, says "[T]he needs of the most vulnerable are not likely to decrease in the coming years," and "[W]e must continue to respond generously to the needs of the most desperate among us." I must ask road warrior "How would a one-time $200 billion payment help poor people in the long term?" The thousands of billions of dollars spent in the U.S. since LBJ started the "Great Society" have not wiped out poverty in this country. Would the $200 billion to which you refer be an ongoing contribution, as the U.N. emergency relief coordinator suggests?

The US should not contribute $1 to these ungrateful nations. A few starving may cause the others to begin fending for themselves.