Wasting Your Money ... And Mine:

Last week's disgusting 'performances' by Iran and Venezuela at the U.N. made me take a look at where my tax dollars are going. And yours.

It appears that we are giving $13 mm per year in overseas loans and grants to that jerk Hugo Chavez (based on 2004 data - the latest available). Of course, you could always protest by refusing to buy Citgo gas. Citgo is owned by the government of Venezuela.



But wait ... there's more:

• Haiti gets $157.6 mm per year. What have they ever done for us? And how much are the French contributing?

• Iran - $10.3 mm. For what?!?!

• Egypt - $1,958 mm!!! And they hate us!

• Mexico $94.2 mm. They should be paying us for taking all their illegals, doncha think?

• North Korea - $56.1 mm. Is this to keep Kim in scotch?

• $137.4 mm to the area euphemistically referred to as the 'West Bank/Gaza' ... ummm, that would be the Fictional Country of Palestine, wouldn't it?

• China (mainland, not Taiwan or Tibet) - $42.9 mm. Hey, shouldn't they be paying us because we buy all their crap at Wal-Mart?

• We give almost $4 mm to Fiji and Tonga - getaways for movie stars. Can't we just give them Robin Leach instead?

Finally, we gave Vietnam - that two-bit Commie nation (aka - China's lower appendage) - almost $40 mm!

And speaking of Commies, we cut a check to Fidel Castro for over $10 mm in 2004.

Is your blood pressure elevated yet?

Check the data. Then write to your congressman - who's probably running for re-election this year. If he/she can't fix things, maybe it's time to elect someone new.

Or, make ME "The Boss Of The World!"