Posted on 05/11/2010 9:48:06 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
In another perfect example of why the United Nations is a complete waste of time and should be eliminated as useless, news has emerged that the UN's $732.4 million Haitian relief budget is being wasted mostly on paychecks for UN personnel instead of going to actually help anyone in earthquake ravaged Haiti.
According to reports, two-thirds of the $732.4 million budget is going to pay for the "salary, perks and upkeep of its own personnel" instead of earthquake victims.
Some $495.8 million goes for salaries, benefits, hazard pay, mandatory R&R allowances and upkeep for the peacekeepers and their international staff support. Only about $33.9 million, or 4.6 percent, of that salary total is going to what the U.N. calls "national staff" attached to the peacekeeping effort.Even more ridiculously, this reported amount will only cover the UN's effort through the end of June after which the UN will pump even more cash into the effort. Remember, folks, this is your tax money going to waste...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
US out of the UN
UN out of the US
later
Would one expect anything else!!!
Half a billion dollars worth of corruption in only a few months. That’s impressive theft, even for the UN.
And this is surprising, how?
That’s chump change compared to the billlons they fleece from the palestinian refugee camp program.
You’re right, it isn’t surprising at all, but we do have to report it so that people are confronted with it, right?
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