FIFTY freeeeakin BILLION

[The Dad Fisherman]

I'd like to see some #'s on what other countries have sent over here for donations to help with Homelessness in the US, or maybe some relief for the elderly in their medical costs or home heating fuel costs. maybe after those are squared away we can send some cash over to Africa.

as far as this being Bush's most significant event since he's been in office , well, Duh Yeah....before this his most significant event was making Boom Boom in the Toi-Toi all by his onesie. Everytime that tool is on the air I cringe because sooner or later he'll either Screw up the Punch line or dance for the cameras.....I keep expecting someone to reach in their pockets and feed him a sardine after every press conference.

and the French probably do give more....they don't have to funnel it into their Military....When they have problems they just pick up the phone and call us, we'll take care of it for them.

[PaulS]

That's about what we spend every 4 months looking for WMD. The $ are being spent over 5 years and we had prob. pledged some portion of it previously so its not all "new" money.

The French spend plenty on their military (although certainly nothing comparable to us on per capita basis). Prob. over the last 25 years, they have had as many if not more military interventions than us (like in places like Chad, the Congo, etc). I don't think the French have asked us for help in any of those countries. In fact, we prob. have asked them to intervene our behalf more times than they have asked us.

During Katrina and 9/11 many countries offered help and were turned down. As the richest country in the world, I don't want any other countries help.

[Raven]

every-time i see these huge sums of OUR money that tax payers have paid into their Government given away to foreign Countries for what ever purpose...under the sun.. most of them Noble gestures of course... But ... i always divide that number by 52 and wonder how much better off we AMERICANS would be if that same money was distributed to each state for some worthy purpose LIKE TDF just mentioned... to increase our quality of life for a change instead of taking care of the whole worlds problems.

[striperman36]

Like has anyone been outside of New Orleans? It's still looking like a disaster area. FEMA trailers, little infrastructure. Totally third world.
Let's spend a few billion there and actually get it straightened out.

[InTheHole]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Like has anyone been outside of New Orleans? It's still looking like a disaster area. FEMA trailers, little infrastructure. Totally third world.
Let's spend a few billion there and actually get it straightened out.

Excellent Point !!!!

[kevin d]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Like has anyone been outside of New Orleans? It's still looking like a disaster area. FEMA trailers, little infrastructure. Totally third world.
Let's spend a few billion there and actually get it straightened out.

Smart use of our tax dollars. Rebuild the sunken city so we can bail it out (literally and figuratively) again in the future. I thought NO was pretty close to Third World status before Katrina.

[Swimmer]

You know for fifty billion we could truck a mountain from Colorado by the truckload, one at a time, and raise New Orleans high enough so that they wouldn't need levees.