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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley, Univ. of Waterloo)
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Subject: Re: Re: Using tax money to feed hungry people
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Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 20:57:11 EST
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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