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US Releases $214 Million to Aid Mexico Drug Fight


Society & Culture  (tags: government, drug wars, Millions, mexican government )

Lone
- 90 days ago - mail.com
The U.S. has released $214 million of an aid package to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, including funds for five helicopters for the military to be delivered by year's end, a top State Department official said Tuesday.
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Lone Wolf (13)
Wednesday September 2, 2009, 6:42 pm
THIS IS JUST CRAZY WASTE MONEY ON A WAR THAT WILL NEVER BE WON IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO DRUGS THEY ARE GOING TO, JUST LIKE WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP DRINKING. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE WITH NO HOMES OR FOOD THAT ALL THIS MONEY COULD BE USED FOR ARE GOVERMENT WASTE SO MUCH ON DUMB THINGS THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T WIN AND LET OUR PEOPLE DO WITHOUT.
 

Rhonda Maness (456)
Wednesday September 2, 2009, 10:26 pm
Thanks Terry
 

Michael Owens (1629)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 2:19 am
I agree Terry, I dont under stand thy send our money all over and we have so many poor people that can use the money at home for food , health and their home repairs.
 

Sheila G. (241)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 2:53 am
they throw our money where they want to throw it, the bumper stickers in D.C. read what:
'taxation without representation'
our government, the peole we PAY, dishonor us. our working people are losing the only homes they have due to job loss, increase in cost of living, but the wealthy people in those big bailed out businesses, those people who have two plus homes, are bailed out by our hard earned dollars. dollars earned by people who are working to death to try to survive. yes Terry, people will always find drugs and booze, cigarettes, people will kill themselves with that crap, let me have my pistol to defend myself in my home and I won't care what anyone does.
and I apologize to my smoking friends, I know how hard it is to kick this legal addictive drug. would love to see it outlawed. but your government doesn't care.
 

Sheila G. (241)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 2:54 am
http://912dc.org/2009/08/are-you-a-member-of-the-official-912-social-network/
go here friends, find a bus, get to D.C. next week, you are desperately needed there, for everyone's sake in America.
 

Polly pagan (83)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 3:04 am
i don't believe that this is what it seems,when did the government start caring about anything other than money.this must be some cover for a plot to make more money.wish i could work out what exactly!
 

mary f. (74)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 3:17 am
thanks terry
 

Debbie Logue (87)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 8:43 pm
I agee with T.
 

Debbie Logue (87)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 8:44 pm
Sorry missed the r in agree.
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (252)
Friday September 4, 2009, 10:50 am
Sure could do with some of that booty... people from a young age need to be brought up with morals and proper education... biblical based life and they will never stray to far in this direction.. We have lost this that is why the world is in such a mess
 

Mandi T. (265)
Friday September 4, 2009, 6:44 pm
Seems to me, would could use the money here for poor folks and many other things. !!
Tx dear Terry I totally agree with you!
 

Kris S. (41)
Saturday September 5, 2009, 5:28 pm
How about instead of helping Mexico and their drug problems, putting up better structured and patrolled borders between US and Mexico? There are legal residents here (by birth or citizenship) who struggle enough to keep a roof over their head, family fed, and a job to put money in the bank, and we print everything in Spanish, we give illegals the benefits that we, our parents and even grandparents paid into all their working lives, then get to live on social security that barely covers rent and food. Make living here in the US illegally a lot harder to do, and send them back home, which goes back to better protection at the borders. I'd rather pay taxes to make sure our borders are way more secure than they are, patrolled by those who won't take bribes, who will not hesitate to send the illegals off our soil, than to pay taxes so yet another illegal can have thier kid here, can sit on their behinds and send their welfare money back home so they can live like kings there.
 

Dee C. (514)
Thursday September 10, 2009, 3:37 pm
We have given money before..It did no good then..it will do no good now..

Too many needs here to be throwing money there..I agree with Kris on this..

Mexico needs to clean up their corruption..just as we need to do it here..and no amount of money is going to help that..

 
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