Originally posted by chicamahomico
With all due respect to everyone at AR, each member is entitled to his own opinion. Such little tolenrance for anothers point of view is appalling. Why does it matter to you what he thinks?

First off, thats why I apologized for my first statement. Second, this is a link to a site insulting America's President. This was NOT a point of view or OPINION put out by this individual stating grievences he has for this country. It was a poor attempt at humor to gain a favorable rep on this board and increase his output of info thereby making himself known to the other members. A very poor attempt.


This is not foriegn aid! Foriegn aid comes from the governments. Citiizens are free to spend their after tax income on whatever they please whether it's on hookers n beer or sending money to their families in other countries.

It is still American money transfered to another economy plain and simple(I consider that economic support by American funds). It is money that will no longer be circulated here, and don't try to pretend that the turn around on this is even. That money is sent to a foreign country to be taxed by their government. Period



Are you kidding? American companies are the worst offenders in the world when it comes to this, bar none! I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I like to be able to eat my McDicks when I travel.

I am not talking about franchised companies bro. Your example was McDonalds. McDonalds rights are purchased for a fee( a fee much less than whats paid for those rights here), after that all circulation of McDonalds funds stays in that country. Now America does take part in what I'm talking about to, but not to the extent of foreign countries because our economy is strong enough to support sole home based business.
I'll give you an example of what I was speaking of. A customer of mine preps foreign business men on American customs, laws, and basically the do's and donts of American society. They recently flew to Turkey to prep a group of Turkish Jewlers who are coming here on visas to set up a jewlery appraisel firm. Now, yes American taxes are paid on these appraisels but ALL profits ever made are returned to Turkey.The appraisel firm is not purchased from Turkey and established to flush the profits into the American economy. The taxes paid on these are tranfered to help in paying for other foreign aid to other countries.
This is a good thing, I'm not saying we should abolish this practice, it helps pay for aid and neccessities(medicine, food, etc.) to supply to Iraq when we take out Saddam. It helps in relieving a small portion of Government spending from those taxes.

My overall point is if money produced in America, and sent to another country, it is American economic support. Works the same way if an American business man works in Greece and sends money back to his family here, it is money coming in from another country that would not be here otherwise.