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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts) Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:21 PM Jun 2013

Obama announces extra $300 million in aid for Syrians, refugees

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What about America's poor? Refugees from corporate malfeasance?

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/18/19018208-obama-announces-extra-300-million-in-aid-for-syrians-refugees?lite

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Obama announces extra $300 million in aid for Syrians, refugees (Original Post) DainBramaged Jun 2013 OP

What about America's poor? Flashmann Jun 2013 #1

$38.7 million cut from Meals on Wheels. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #2

i was just about to defend the admin on the aid until you posted that... allin99 Jun 2013 #3

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)

1. What about America's poor?

Reply to DainBramaged (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:27 PM

Jun 2013

My very first thought,too...I'll bet our "refugees" will be asked to fucking PAY for the Syrian aid by way of more cuts...Ungoddambelievable...

GeorgeGist

(25,322 posts)

2. $38.7 million cut from Meals on Wheels.

Reply to DainBramaged (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:41 PM

Jun 2013

http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/06/news/economy/meals-on-wheels-budget-cuts/index.html

allin99

(894 posts)

3. i was just about to defend the admin on the aid until you posted that...

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:59 PM

Jun 2013

for some reason that really upset me. . When pubs were posting all the "zomg, 100mil vacation", i was about to tell them to all go to he-- with their creative accounting bullshit, but when i saw it actually was, it made me not so happy. If the 100m isn't that much, then maybe 300m isn't either, but then 40m is nothing, and this is just getting to be ridiculous.

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