Haley announces $285M cut in 2018-19 UN operating budget

Santa knows who's been naughty and who's been nice and he just gave the UN a big lump of coal in their Christmas stocking. About time and merry Christmas UN.

"Haley said the plan calls for a $285 million cut for the 2018-19 fiscal year."

“The inefficiency and overspending of the United Nations are well known,” Haley said. “We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked."

"The U.S. pays about 22 percent of the U.N.’s budget, or roughly $3.3 billion, and fully 28 percent of its peacekeeping effort."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/25/haley-announces-285m-cut-in-2018-19-un-operating-budget.html

 

We really should just with draw from the UN and let it die like we did to the leauge of nation's

 

I've always said get us out but this is a good first move

 

I wonder if Trump will be satisfied with this or if there are more to come?

 

The world can manage.

 

This is terrible.

 

Lol ...


With out the USA ?



It would be chaos but funny as hell without the USA protecting socialist Europe...and the shipping lanes of the world.

 

Without it's financial contribution

I recall Russia not even able to control eastern Europe and lost it without a war.
So what kind of protecting think is needed again?

 

In what way? America saves money and other countries are forced to pull their weight

 

Guess they will have to.

 

The U.S. paying all that money and some countries only paying $25K. Though, I think the newest figures are that they pay around $28K, and their vote can change the world. I wonder how many of those countries receive gifts from the U.S. in millions or billions?

 

Take that money saved to raze the UN building complex from NYC, and haul the rubble to the seas to make homes for homeless fish.

 

Ask Ukraine.

 

teach then not to vote the way she wants them to vote

 

we also get addl benefits like being able to veto votes like this one, do the ones paying 25k get that?

 

USA is what spreads war and chaos. Since the american imperialism starts to crumble.

Also where do you see "socialist Europe"? All last elections in evry single european nation were won by right or even far right parties.

Your trump is a socialist compared to french president Macron, austrian chancellor Kurz or hungaries president Orban.

But what do i expect from an american. You could not even spot Canada on a map.

 

No. I don't see their value. I see the U.N. as another layer of government, which is not very effective and extremely expensive. Those smaller nations simply bog down the process and waste time and money. It would seem the five nations who do have veto power or rather, any nation with veto power should have to split the cost equally. There is already an extra cost to us for the land, building and security for the one in New York.

 

I'm beginning to think this guy hates Americans. LOL

 

No, i loved it in Chile and Peru.

 

but he is correct in many ways
in most of europe socialism/left is loosing influence and votes to center or right and in some places extreem right

belgium for example
south was a socialist bastion for decades if not a century, now its crumbling (unfortunatly communists stealing the votes)
north socialism is down to 9-10% and is the same size as extreem right now (rough total of 80/20 right vs left here)

france socialists lost to a centric banker lover

austrian extreem right won

netherlands the number 2 biggest party there is the party that wants to kick the muslims out of the country (and more specific marrocans)

Spain wel catalonia showed us the neo fascists are stil very much alive there, when you crack down on civilians like they did during the referendum and other regions of spain suddently start waving franco his flag as a sign of unity in the streets you know what direction that people is leaning


in hungary you got orban in power


and poland is going the way of the rightwing dictator at the rate its going

 

I was referring to his couldn't find Canada on a map comment

 

ah my bad

 

It’s a decent start.

 

The obvious are the 65 that abstained and the 9 that voted with US, the rest I would be speculating.

 

Yeah! Let's cut our nose off to spite our face! We will be RESPECTED, damn it.