Many of the GOP House members and a few of the GOP Senators are no friend to the United Nations. The reasons for this are myriad and range anywhere from the unconscionable amount of money that the United States contributes to the overall UN budget of $8B a year to its clearly anti-Semitic views and actions. But make no mistake: there are many supporters in our government, both high-ranking Democrats and Republicans, who would rather push back against any and all cuts to the 193-nation body headquartered in New York City.
The sickening facts surrounding the United Nations’ ability to play up to a very compliant Leftist media when it comes to funding are almost too much to bear without losing your dinner. Business Insider, an avid and constant cheerleader for the United Nations, was keen to note that the all of the funding that the United States provides is actually a really good deal!
But when it comes to UN programs — UN peacekeeping in particular — the US already gets a pretty good deal.
US funding for the UN and its agencies adds up to a little over $4.5 billion a year — the cost of about two B-1 bombers — according to an analysis by the Center for Global Development.
US government estimates have also found that relying on UN peacekeepers is beneficial to the American taxpayer.
In Haiti in 2004, a coup prompted the US to deploy military forces to avert a potential refugee crisis. After the initial intervention, the Bush administration convinced the UN to field peacekeepers.
“We estimate that it would cost the United States about twice as much as the United Nations (UN) to conduct a peacekeeping operation similar to the current UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti,” which was called Minustah, the Government Accountability Office wrote in a 2006 report.
Yes, but what else did those “savings” to the U.S. budget get us? Or rather, what did they get Haiti?
Glad you asked!
UN aid workers from Nepal were identified as the source of a cholera outbreak which killed over 10,000 Haitians and sickened hundreds of thousands more. Yet the UN claimed diplomatic immunity and refused to provide compensation.
Wow! Now that’s the kind of quality that money just can’t buy! And in this case, it didn’t!
And now, the United Nations Chief is threatening the United States with the forfeiture of its vote in the General Assembly if it cuts its funding to a point where it is detrimental to the body. Read more about the White House reply to the UN over its threats on the following page.
Yah! Goodbye
Great! Expelled us! We’ll save billions, you people will leave our country and we’ll get our buildings back!
Go ahead. Then Trump can just the U.N. from America – move to Germany or Brussels.
Mr. UN, STFU!! The people have wanted you out of here for years!! You are a monkey on our back!!
Withdraw from UN
Go for it, I double dog dare you!
Will they move out of NYC as well? I am all in for expulsion!
Throw these assholes out. Remove all funding.
Please do and then you can pack your bags and leave
The U.S. needs to stop funding the U.N. all together. It’s a waist of money and just another handout to countries who’s governments cannot govern adequately. Instead of impoverishing their citizens, they could create jobs and opportunities for their citizens. Instead they demand support payments from America in trade for their “non-existent” loyalty. These government officials put the money in their bank accounts while their citizens go hungry, then they rail about America not doing enough to take care of them. It’s absolute insanity. Our politicians have no right to impoverish American citizens while giving our earnings to corrupt governments of countries who’s citizens hate us for being successful. They need to get off their butts and earn for themselves. It’s simple really, take what natural resourses your country has, or resources purchased from another country, and give your citizens opportunities (jobs) to turn those raw materials/resources into marketable finished goods. Then these goods can be sold domestically and internationally generating a thing called revenue, or money if you prefer to use that term. The only thing stopping this tried and true process of economic prosperity for all, the corrupt government and lazy citizens unwilling to apply something know to American workers as labor. You know, hard work, that thing decent people do to earn what they need to live. So stop sending any money to any other countries and take care of the citizens in America who work and deserve a better life than we are afforded by our corrupt politicians.