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Subject: Where has all the money gone, long time passing?
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 08:04:52 EST
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	     The churchbells are ringin' out in Iowa.  And not for "me an'
	my gal," either.  Here we are the richest, most blessed nation on
	the planet, and we're letting our family farms go down the tubes,
	pillaged and plundered by an usurious banking monopoly.

	     It's easier for a foreign citizen to get US assistance than it
	is for a US citizen.  Let me offer the following news item as a 
	classic example:

		"This year Americans will support Israel to the tune
		of $2.6 billion for fiscal year 1985; $1.4 billion in
		military aid and $1.2 billion in economic aid, which 
		amounts to an average of $3,400 a year for each Israeli
		family.

		"Since 1946 American taxpayers (and that includes the 
		farmers) have sent more than $27 billion in aid to 
		Israel--about 99 percent of which has been delivered
		since just 1965."

		("The Spotlight," 300 Independence Ave., SE, Washington,
		DC, 20003; 4 March 1985, P. 5)

	     I submit respectfully that if these figures are even approximately
	accurate, they are unconscionable, given the present state of affairs
	in the American midwest, the true land of Milk and Honey.

	     What say you, fellow Americans?  Who comes first?

	--Don Black