The U.N. as a whole received $7.7 billion from American taxpayers last year. The UNDP is supported by about $100 million in U.S. taxpayer money annually.
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November 15, 2011 17:02
BEYOND INSIDER TRADING: Here’s How Members Of Congress Get Rich Off Earmarks
Like Congress’s questionable trading practices, mixing real estate investments with taxpayer money is technically legal. Actually, it’s pretty easy for members of Congress to get rich off of federal projects — land deals are more difficult to detect than trades, and land, unlike stocks, doesn’t have a set price.
November 4, 2011 04:00
Bill Gates Urges Obama to Embrace Global Tax
[T]he Gates Foundation, proposes a financial transaction tax (FTT) as well as taxes on tobacco, aviation and bunker fuel, and carbon (energy), by G20 countries and other members of the European Union.
