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Originally Posted by MSgalileo
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
WTF are they thinking? Why are they in our business anyway? Do they really want the US to pull out of the UN since they get most of their money from us l |
The U.S. government is by far the largest debtor to the United Nations and is falling further behind in dues payments to the UN and its affiliated agencies. As detailed in the chart below, the U.S. begins 2008 with $1.5 billion in arrears at the United Nations. The President’s proposed budget for FY 2009 will likely push permanent U.S. debt to more than $2 billion.
Yet due to the fact that the U.S. typically pays its bills to the UN one year late, by which time new bills have already come in, the result is that the U.S. is rarely less than $2 billion behind in its payments to the United Nations. Click here to view a presentation on U.S. debt to the UN. |
None of which changes the fact that we contribute more to the UN than any other country and iirc that's not including the all that prime Manhatten real estate the UN building is sitting on with is worth billions in itself.
As far as I and ever increasing numbers of my countrymen are concerned we'd be happy if our UN budget were zero and we kicked that nest of thieves and spies from our shores.