Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!saquigley From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley, Univ. of Waterloo) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Using tax money to feed hungry people Message-ID: <7046@watmath.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 20:57:11 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.7046 Posted: Wed Feb 29 20:57:11 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 06:20:50 EST References: <936@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 11 I do not have any figures to substantiate the following claim, so I would appreciate it greatly if anybody could supply some. My understanding of foreign aid is that the US gets more money back from the governments it is "helping" than the original amount of money given to these countries in the form of "aid". If this is so, arguing about whether your tax money should go to "charities" is simply ridiculous, since "aid" can simply be considered as an investment of the taxpayers' money by the state, and not as money that is thrown away never to be seen again. Sophie Quigley watmath!saquigley