In this Friday, July 13, 2012 photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.
Maya Alleruzzo, AP
To get the attention of President Mohammed Morsi, some congress members are saying we should threaten to cut off foreign aid to Egypt after Morsi's outrageous power grab.
No, we shouldn't "threaten" to stop foreign aid to Egypt — we should discontinue it completely and permanently. In fact, we must stop all foreign aid everywhere, and it should be done immediately. We can't afford to be giving away money when we are bankrupt in the U.S. already.
We have $16.2 trillion of debt and we are going further into debt by almost $4 billion per day. Every dollar of foreign aid is borrowed money and it is insane that we are giving away money we don't even have — and giving it largely to people that hate us and are fighting against us.
What is Congress thinking?
Every rational American should call on their congress members and senators to discontinue this nonsense.
How can we watch our nation go broke needlessly and not do something about it?
Jim Green
Heber City
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We're bankrupt?
When did this happen?
Sooooo what's going to happen now?
I will agree, lets cut all foreign aid. Why are we asking our own people to make cuts before asking those from other nations? Why do More..
I agree with the letter. It makes little sense to send borrowed money to other countries, especially when that money is supporting governments that oppress and abuse their people.
Interestingly enough, a Gallup poll last year found that More..
If our government traced all of the foreign aid given we would see how much ends up enriching tyrants, criminals and just plain waste. We don't receive much value for our generosity.