by A.J.(Tony) Powell

Columns of ‘numbers’, like this one, are hard to write and boring read. But, sometimes it’s worth the effort.

Since ‘Day-One’, President Trump has tried to cut foreign aid.

He told the UN General Assembly, “Moving forward, we are only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us and, frankly, are our friends.”

Unfortunately Congress (Democrats), who control federal funding, refuse stop the export of American Tax-Payers money to all kinds of foreign countries – Friend & Foe alike.

Did you know that, Congress gives away over $50 BILLION of Tax-Payers money by way of so-called ‘Foreign Aid’?

A concerned citizen might ask “Why?”

One source reports that, every year, Argentina, no friend of America, gets nearly $4 million. El Salvador and Guatemala, whose main occupation seems to be ‘exporting’ their own impoverished people to the USA, get about $110 million and $170 million respectively.

To keep our ‘friends’ happy, Canada gets more than $22 million; Ireland $740 million and Israel a whole lot more.

Turkey gets almost $160 million every year which helps them kill off as many Kurdish people as they can find.

Haiti, a country of a very rich ruling class and impoverished people get about $265 million.

I was surprised to learn that our taxes also cover about $40 million which is sent to Mongolia and, (Can-It-Be-True?) – $160 million to Russia! $33 million to China! and $12 million to Cuba!

I’m not sure how much oil-rich, Saudi Arabia gets – But its reasonable to ask “Why are they on the list at all?”

What’s even more disturbing is that the USA government (both parties) spend way more than the IRS collects. They borrow money from foreign countries (including China), and deplete the Trust Funds and Cash Reserves which are supposed to be set aside for Social Security and other programs we paid for.

As I understand it the ‘DEFICIT’ is the amount of money that the government spends in excess of what it ‘earns’.

This year, February’s deficit alone is $12 billion more than last year.

Interest paid this year (October-February 2019) has increased by about $20 billion.

Without apology, the government is predicting that they will over-spend by about $1 TRILLION this year.

That’s about $221 billion MORE than last year.

Where are we now?

The National Debt is up to almost $23 TRILLION.

That means that every American Citizen owes about $62,000 right now.

AND, we will add another $3,000 every year in future.

As I See It, America is still the biggest and strongest economy in the world, but, for how long can we spend a $1 TRILLION more than we earn every year?

What happened to “AMERICA FIRST” and “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”.

….’til next time. . .

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