[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Curious where your 1.1 trillion came from. I see something more in the 242 billion range

I did not look at your links yet, but 242 billion sounds like the amount Americans give (not the government) to private charities.

The source of the $1.1 trillion in 2004 to charity is the U.S. budget, Section 3, Superfunction "Human Resources". This $1.1 trillion to charity of taxpayer dollars is about 66 cents of every dollar in the U.S. budget.

This is only domestic charity so does NOT include aid to foreign nations through the State Department budget or other forms of foreign aid.

[commonguymd]

I looked up Marxism in the encyclopedia for a refresher and found this tidbit that you might find interesting. Name calling aside:

Since Marx's death in 1883, various groups around the world have appealed to Marxism as the intellectual basis for their politics and policies, which can be dramatically different and conflicting. One of the first major splits occurred between the advocates of social democracy, who argued that the transition to socialism could occur within a democratic framework, and communists, who argued that the transition to a socialist society required a revolution. Social democracy resulted in the formation of the British Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany, while communism resulted in the formation of various communist parties.

You may be on to something by fighting this aid so vehemently in the realm of slippery slopes. Not sure if this action has the right timing, because of the emotional impacts.

[commonguymd]

Foreign aid is listed as 47 billion from the US government in, albeit several years old . 242 Billion is private donations to charity.