U.S. Pays 62% of Afghanistan’s Government Expenses

U.S. Pays 62% of Afghanistan’s Government Expenses

If the United States wants to extricate itself from Afghanistan, it needs to figure out a way for Afghans to pay for their own government.

Right now Kabul is not even remotely close to covering the cost of running the country.

The U.S. and its allies paid for 90% of Afghanistan’s public expenditures from 2006 to 2010, according to the Government Accountability Office. American taxpayers picked up 62% of the total, and 90% of all military expenditures.

During this time period, Afghanistan’s budget increased 160%, from $5.5 billion to $14.3 billion. But its revenues rose only 30%, from $620 million to $1.66 billion.

http://www.allgov.com/US_and_the_World/ViewNews/US_Pays_62_Percent_of_Afghanistans_Government_Expenses_110922

.... layoff more teachers.

However you forgot to mention tax cuts..

DEE-Regg - UUUUU - lation ...... let the free market work.

local woman said on TV the other night. They were asking people about the President's plan to increase taxes on the wealthy.

Let them run their government with that money. Or not.

kick & rec