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1 posted on 02/05/2005 7:37:17 AM PST by Heartland Hattie
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Is It Constitutional To Use Tax Money For Foreign Aid?

What I have learned nowadays is that you can't read the simple language of the Constitution to try and decide what is Constitutional or what is not. You'd be best off writing a letter to Sandra Day O'Connor to ask, since she's the one who mostly makes that decision nowadays.

As for my personal opinion, I think that foreign aid is actually somewhat more of a valid Constitutional power for the federal government than a lot of the domestic stuff they do nowadays, since it involves relations with other nations, which is a federal government function. But Sandra doesn't care what I think.

2 posted on 02/05/2005 7:41:41 AM PST by dirtboy (Tagloin down for oil change and lube because it was squeaking)
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Well, by giving foreign countries aid, they become somewhat dependent upon us.

It keeps them in line.


3 posted on 02/05/2005 4:02:19 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell ( There's no Double Talk from Dubya!)
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To: Heartland Hattie

hort answer? No, it isn't.


8 posted on 02/22/2005 9:39:16 AM PST by TBP
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