Thursday, June 25, 2009

Ron Paul against ridiculous war spending

--------War Supplemental Appropriations, FY 2009--------

"Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this conference report.."

-$106 billion to continue the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

-$108 billion loan guarantee to the International Monetary Fund ... to prop up corrupt elites

-$660 million for Gaza

-$555 million for Israel

-$310 million for Egypt

-$300 million for Jordan

-$420 million for Mexico

-$889 million will be sent to the United Nations for “peacekeeping”

-$1 billion dollars will be sent overseas to address the global financial crisis outside our borders

-$8 billion will be spent to address a “potential pandemic flu.”

This audio is from Congressman Ron Paul’s weekly address, released June 22, 2009.


Download video via RawReplay.com

No comments:

Post a Comment