A budget-cutting amendment proposed by Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican, would base future aid on the positions other countries take at the U.N. Vote with us, you qualify for aid. Vote against us, sorry, Charlie.
According to the amendment, a U.N. member state would be ineligible for U.S. aid if it voted contrary to the U.S. stance more than 50 percent of the time during the most recent session of the U.N. General Assembly.
In 2009 – the latest figures available – 14 of the 15 biggest recipients of U.S. aid took opposing positions to those taken by the U.S. in U.N. votes more often than not. Israel was the exception, with a world-beating 97 percent voting coincidence with the U.S…
His United Nations Voting Accountability Act made provision for exemptions in two cases: If the president determined that an exemption was in the U.S. national interest, and if the secretary of state certified that a “fundamental change in the leadership and policies” of a particular government meant it would no longer oppose U.S. positions.
Send money to our friends, don’t send money to our enemies. What a concept!
Obviously, this will never pass. It makes far too much sense.
Source: CNSNews.com
