FOGLIFTING: FOREIGN AID - NOT AS MUCH AS YOU THINK

January 07, 2008

FOREIGN AID - NOT AS MUCH AS YOU THINK

Headline today in StratFor, a strategic information newsletter: "United States will increase economic assistance to Jordan by 48% in 2008." That's barely anything, when you consider that this costs you the Average Taxpayer $2.38 per year.

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