U.S. Footing $100M Bill for U.N. Security Upgrade (Stop The Madness!)

Fox News ^ | 2/9/2011 | George Russell

[tobyhill]

Months after top New York City officials expressed intense behind-the-scenes frustration at the security vulnerabilities at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, the U.N. is now planning to spend $100 million -- donated by the U.S. -- on the upgrade.

That has created a new controversy: critics want to know why the U.S. is footing the entire bill, and why that money is not being credited against U.S. dues for the following year.

“If the U.S. overpays the U.N., those funds should be returned in full to the U.S. Treasury,” declared Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “To allow the U.N. to redirect those U.S. taxpayer dollars for unrelated projects is unjustifiable.” Moreover, she says, “by allowing the U.N. to reap the U.S. surplus as a slush fund for construction, the State Department wants to stick U.S. taxpayers with 100 percent of the cost, instead of the 22 percent that the U.S. would be responsible for under normal procedures.”

[wolfcreek]

Let that Rat bastard Bloomberg pay for it.

[Jim W N]

Stop The Madness

It'll get worse. There may be some hiccups along the way but the trend will be a slippery slope downwards. The only One to bring the world's madness to screeching halt will be the Lord Himself, the Prince of Peace, coming to rule where man has utterly failed.

[animal172]

Another place to cut the budget. It's time to tell the UN to move their headquarters elsewhere. Can you imagine the revenue that property would bring if put in the hands of the private sector? And when they move we can cancel our membership. The only organization more anti American than the UN is the Democrat party.

[fire and forget]

Maybe it’s pursuit of ratings but Fox News is really stepping it up lately. I’ve emptied the tank dealing with this economy and persuading intelligent but liberal-minded friends what’s going on. It’s exhausting. Thank God for the New Media in all its forms.

[shadeaud]

Who holds the deed to the land and structure where this money pit sits? Maybe our government is responsible for securing the perimeter(as it does for the public land outside any consultant, but if the U.N. owns the deed, then the entire U.N. should pony up for its’ security

[LibLieSlayer]

BEAT the kenyan about his ears during the debates with this and other examples of gifts to America’s enemies.

LLS

[cameraeye]

$100 million dollars for security? That must come with at least two Rapid Fire Gatling Guns mounted on the roof.

[Venturer]

I would gladly pay my share of that 100 Million Dollars if it was going towards building a new UN building in Egypt or Lebanon where the bulk of the UN Representatives are more comfortable.

get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN.

[Average Al]

Close it down and turn it in to a flea market. ;-)

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Heck, I’d tear it down for half that.

[screaminsunshine]

Paris would be perfect for them. Just get them away from us.

[IronJack]

If the US pays the UN at all, it overpays. Every cent that is diverted to that third-world marxist cabal should be returned to the treasury.

You want security? Bring your witch doctor along. Better yet, don’t come at all.

[NonValueAdded]

US out of the UN
UN out of the US

[NonValueAdded]

"If in the judicious determination of the members of the United Nations they feel they are not welcome and treated with the hostly consideration that is their due, the United States strongly encourages member states to seriously consider removing themselves and this organization from the soil of the United States. We will put no impediment in your way and we will be at the dockside bidding you a farewell as you set off into the sunset."

UN Ambassador Charles Lichenstein, 20 Sep. 1983 source

"Maybe all those delegates should have six months in Moscow and then six months in New York, and it would give them an opportunity to see two ways of life. I think the gentleman [Charles Lichenstein] who spoke the other day had the hearty approval of most people in America in his suggestion that we weren’t asking anyone to leave, but if they chose to leave, good-bye."

President Ronald Reagan, 21 Sep. 1983 press conference, in response to Amb. Lichenstein's remarks.

[WOBBLY BOB]

One of a dozen more reasons to send the UN HQ to Haiti