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Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« on: December 25, 2017, 02:06:47 pm »

Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
 

by Breitbart News25 Dec 2017277

Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.), announced Sunday night that the federal government has reduced its contribution to the U.N.’s annual budget by 285 million dollars.

The Christmas Eve statement reads in full:

http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/12/25/nikki-haley-announces-285-million-reduction-u-n-budget/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%29
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2017, 02:17:45 pm »
It's a start.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2017, 05:06:20 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on December 25, 2017, 02:17:45 pm
It's a start.

A few hundred million there, a few hundred million there, and pretty soon you're talking about a declawed and neutered Dictator's Union.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2017, 06:06:40 pm »
Quote from: To-Whose-Benefit? on December 25, 2017, 05:06:20 pm
A few hundred million there, a few hundred million there, and pretty soon you're talking about a declawed and neutered Dictator's Union.

I've been waiting for this for a long time.  This is definitely good Trump and delivered well by Nikki.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2017, 10:52:13 pm »
The UN got a lump of coal for Christmas.    888high58888
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2017, 11:28:11 pm »
Maybe some other country will step up and offer to make up the difference...   :dx1:
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2017, 12:57:56 am »
Chump change, but it's a start.
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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2017, 01:04:12 am »
Merry Krampus to you, UN!
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2017, 01:28:27 am »
A good start, especially if this is a real reduction and not just a decrease in the increase type thing.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2017, 06:41:35 pm »
285 million dollars is a lot of money to me, but not a whole lot to the gov't (we increase our debt by around that much every 2-3 hours).  So I was curious just how much of a cut this was to our total contribution to the UN.  Turns out it's more than I thought.

The regular budget (which doesn't include at least peacekeeping/raping and tribunals -- I couldn't find numbers for those) for the UN is $5.6 billion, of which about $1.2 billion comes from the US.  So it's a pretty big (~25%) cut of our (surprisingly low, IMO) total contribution, and about a 6% cut of the total for the UN.

I don't know if the general budget includes things like, oh, rent of the building(s) and security, or if we just pick that up separately.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2017, 06:52:03 pm »
@Cripplecreek @Oceander
There has to be a reason Trump is at fault here.   Please let me know what it is.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2017, 06:56:06 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on December 26, 2017, 06:52:03 pm
@Cripplecreek @Oceander
There has to be a reason Trump is at fault here.   Please let me know what it is.

Again you're trolling for an argument.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2017, 07:10:55 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on December 26, 2017, 06:56:06 pm
Again you're trolling for an argument.

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I posted a reasonable question.  You are the one trying for an argument.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2017, 07:14:34 pm »
Quote from: The Ghost on December 25, 2017, 10:52:13 pm
The UN got a lump of coal for Christmas.    888high58888

They'd been very bad.  Santa notices these things.
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Re: Nikki Haley Announces $285 Million Reduction to U.N. Funding
« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2017, 07:16:14 pm »
Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on December 26, 2017, 06:41:35 pm
285 million dollars is a lot of money to me, but not a whole lot to the gov't (we increase our debt by around that much every 2-3 hours).  So I was curious just how much of a cut this was to our total contribution to the UN.  Turns out it's more than I thought.

The regular budget (which doesn't include at least peacekeeping/raping and tribunals -- I couldn't find numbers for those) for the UN is $5.6 billion, of which about $1.2 billion comes from the US.  So it's a pretty big (~25%) cut of our (surprisingly low, IMO) total contribution, and about a 6% cut of the total for the UN.

I don't know if the general budget includes things like, oh, rent of the building(s) and security, or if we just pick that up separately.

Thanks for figuring that out.  It is a bigger cut than I thought.
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