JJ wrote:

Kim W5TIT wrote:



You know what? I am not so sure that it would take all that much, Jim. I
am not even going to pretend to be a financier, but I wonder how much of the
Federal Budget, i.e. your and my tax dollars, get spent away from our
country. Then, how much foreign debt is "forgiven" each year?

I would wager we could cut the foreigh aid we send to support those
little ****ant dictators in some of those ****ant countries and have
more than enough to provide good health care for every citizen.

Foreign aid goes a long way toward having those countries vote in the
U.N. in line with our policies. Some of it puts military officers from
third world countries through *our* military academies. It gives those
officers a chance to live in the U.S. and see how our system works.
Some of the aid brings scholars to the U.S. to study. If we build a
needed flood control dam in Sierra Leone, good will toward the United
States is generated. A decade or so back, Botswana actually weaned
itself from U.S. aid and thanked us.

Why would paying for your doctor visits and your medications be the
government's responsibility?

Dave K8MN