About time. Will Canada, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE follow suit ? Remember, we are the 7th biggest financier of the United Nations.... for what ????? Imagine how much we will be able to save to spend on other more important stuff right here in Canada, if we reduce our share to that Useless Nonsense body that is full to the brim with moslems and moslem lovers. Enough is enough.... keep our money here in Canada for a good cause. The UN and their behaviour is anything but.
Newly empowered Republican lawmakers are taking their first shots at the United Nations, depicting it as bloated and ineffective as they seek to cut U.S. funding for the world body.
On Tuesday, a House of Representatives panel aired criticisms of the U.N. at a briefing expected to prescribe congressional action
Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs committee, is seeking cuts and has introduced a bill intended to pressure the United Nations to change the way it operates and to make dues voluntary. She also is promising investigations into possible corruption and mismanagement.
"U.S. policy on the United Nations should be based on three fundamental questions: Are we advancing American interests? Are we upholding American values? Are we being responsible stewards of American taxpayer dollars?" she said in a statement that was read at the briefing, which she could not attend. "Unfortunately, right now, the answer to all three questions is `No.' "........
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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