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Old 02-18-2008, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by PantyFanatic
If you consider that 70% is going to bribes, skimming, kick backs, extortion, flat out theft and waste, how much of what leaves your pocket is really "aid" by the time it reaches a hungry mouth?

How True!One example is that Saddams private Yacht is now being actioned
off.It has solid gold faucets!That could have fed alot of starving Iraquis.I know this has nothing to do with aid but it exemplifies just how little many
rulers care about the starving "commoner".It's amazing how little aid actually
goes where it is sent! Irish
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