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White House details pending budget cuts:

Is it even conceivable that our government would much rather implement the follow cuts on the American people rather than discontinue foreign aid to enemies of the USA as well as all of the other recipients that are gobbling up every cent our leaders throw at them?

Who can blame them for taking it; it is a freebee.

Potential sequestration program cuts the White House has outlined:

— 70,000 children would get kicked out of early childhood intervention programs that help poorer children catch up to middle-class peers, heading into kindergarten.

— 1,000 fewer criminals would be prosecuted due to furloughed federal prosecutors.

— 4 million fewer “Meals on Wheels” would be delivered to the elderly.

— 1,000 fewer research grants would be awarded, cutting research and laboratories for some 12,000 scientists and students.

Definition of sequestration:

Sequestration is a term used to describe the practice of using mandatory spending cuts in the federal budget if the cost of running the government exceeds either an arbitrary amount or the gross revenue it brings during the fiscal year.

Quote from leading experts in the field:

If the sequester takes effect, economic growth will slow. By some estimates, up to 1 million jobs will be lost. Federal workers will be furloughed, and a bevy of programs and services across the government will be curtailed.

This type of solution can be compared to a father of a family giving all of his food and worldly processions to the guy next door while his family is starving. It does not make sense.

I have depicted these recipient countries many times before but it brings home the story as to just how irresponsible our government is when passing out the bucks.

Top 25 Recipient Countries of U.S. Foreign Aid FY 2011 Reported in $US millions:

Country U.S. Total Economic and Military Assistance FY 2011, $US millions Economic Assistance FY 2011, US millions Military Assistance FY 2011, US millions Aid received per person recipient FY 2011

Calculated in US millions

Afghanistan     12,924.40
Israel                 3,026.40
Iraq                   2,147.60
Pakistan           1,700.10
Egypt                1,471.20
Haiti                 1,263.40
Kenya               1,032.10
Jordan             850.80
South Africa   757.00
Philippines     610.80
Ethiopia         607.00
Tanzania        560.10
Sudan             534.70
Nigeria           530.10
Uganda         469.90
West Bank/Gaza       463.60
Colombia     436.00
Congo (Kinshasa)     427.70
Mexico                 411.20
South Sudan       387.70
Mozambique       350.30
Zambia                 323.20
Somalia                278.90
Liberia                 256.60
Indonesia           252.30

Is there something wrong with this picture??? We are literally buying our friendship around the world and most of these countries are spitting in our face and laughing at us.

I am the first one that has compassion for the impoverished people around the world but the fact of the matter is; for the most part, the reason these countries are in such dire straights is because of the corrupt of their own leaders.

We have sent billions of dollars in food and medicine to countries that has rotted on the tarmacs because the leaders of these countries will not release it until they get their very healthy cuts. Their leaders  are their own worst enemies.