[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Fw: TAXES !

[lcrowther]

If this source is as screwed up as Grandpa's memory was, I  apologize!

Lloyd


>    The United States gives out $13.3 billion tax dollars  in direct
Foreign
>    Aid annually. The United States is above and beyond  the single most
>    generous benefactor of the United Nations, donating  $2.4 billion
>    dollars of YOUR money, to primarily third-world dictators.
>
>      This amount is 25% of the United Nations budget. In  addition, the
> United States also gives another $1.4 billion tax dollars to United
Nations'
>    programs and agencies. The American taxpayers fund  more for the United
>    Nations than ALL of the other 177 member nations  COMBINED.
>
>      What most Americans do not realize is that the vast  majority of the
>    recipients of the of US Foreign Aid routinely vote  against the wishes
> of the United States in the United Nations at an average  rate of 74%. In
>    other words, of the $13.3 billion tax dollars invested  in direct
> Foreign
>    Aid only about 26% or $3.5 billion went to support  people who endorsed
>    American  initiatives or causes. A staggering $9.8 billion tax  dollars
>    went to  causes and people who were and are in open and direct
> opposition to the  United States' interests and objectives.
>
>      Listed below are the actual voting records of various  Arabic/Islamic
>    States which are recorded in both the US State  Department and United
>    Nations' records:
>
>      Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the  time.
>      Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
>      Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the  time.
>      United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of  the time.
>      Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the  time.
>      Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the  time.
>      Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of  the time.
>      Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.
>      Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the  time.
>      Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.
>      Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
>      Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the  time.
>      Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
>      Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
>      Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the  time.
>      India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
>      Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
>      Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the  time.
>
>      US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:
>
>      Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time  against the United
>    States, still receives $2 billion annually in US  Foreign Aid.
>
>      Jordan votes 71% against the United States and  receives $192,814,000
>    annually in US Foreign Aid.
>
>      Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives  $6,721,000
>    annually  in US Foreign Aid.
>
>      India votes 81% against the United States receives  $143,699,000
> annually in US Foreign Aid.
>
>    Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back
to
>    the American workers who are having to skimp and
>    sacrifice to pay the taxes.
>
>