Another billion spent on another country. - Today’s Headlines 9/3/08
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Wed Sep-03-08 02:41 PM
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Another billion spent on another country. - Today’s Headlines 9/3/08 |
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Top StoryUS sends flagship to Georgia, plans $1B in aid TBILISI, Georgia - A U.S. Navy flagship loaded with aid steamed through the Dardanelles on Wednesday en route to Georgia, as the Bush administration prepared to roll out a $1 billion economic aid package for the former Soviet republic. Another billion spent on another country. When will we start spending on our own needs—infrastructure, education, economic stimuli that actually work? How about bringing our troops home, so that we can have a peace dividend to spend on those things?—Caro Freeway BloggerFor more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com.Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com
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Wed Sep-03-08 02:45 PM
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1. I don't understand how we can give a BILLION dollars to a country |
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that we owe nothing to, and yet can't find a billion to spend on our own say...schools. What could our public schools do with a billion bucks?
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