Posted by Justice/tx on 2/14/2008, 12:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Limaugh on the Merida Initiative"
216.141.24.7 | Message modified by user Justice/tx 2/14/2008, 12:36 pm
The US spends about $40Billion a year in foreign aid. This $40B has been not quite level in constant dollars since about 1962, rising maybe $10B over that period (constant dollars). Most of it is is military and internal law enforcement oriented aid, just like this aid to Mexico; and this aid to Mexico is not dissimilar from such aid to other countries. A lot of this aid has been focused in Latin America ever since Cuba, and so-called "war on drugs." It is, a way of ingratiating "allies."
I do not support the idea of foreign aid, except perhaps in times of natural disaster emergency, etc. Even in that case, I would question the Constitutionality of such appropriations. Only as a military need (ours, not theirs) could this be Constitutionally justified and even then only if Congress has declared war. Even Lend-lease might have been a Constitutional problem, though I think it should be justified by national defense considerations at the time (what I mean is the Constitution should be amended to allow such reasonable needs, NOT that it should be ignored).
I do not hold my breath expecting this type of thing to stop, but neither do I think this particluar instance is at all out of the ordinary compared to what this nation has done for many many years; all my adult life, and childhood too, and before that: ignore the Constitution when it is convenient.
YHS,
Justice
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