(07-18-2018, 09:13 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(07-18-2018, 08:34 PM)rollerjag Wrote: That $400 million was an advance payment from the Shah's government for aircraft and other military supplies. When the embassy employees were taken hostage, we barred shipment of the equipment and kept the money in a trust. The repayment was made according to law. I know it doesn't fit your narrative, but facts are facts.

The $400M was separate from the money we held in trust. It was also sneaked out of the US by the Obama administration, so even Obama knew that it was illegal.

In any case, even if you discount the $400M (and I know the Left does) the $2B shipped to the UN Climate Commission was not approved by congress. I hear they used most of it to build a really nice headquarters.

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(07-18-2018, 08:49 PM)mikesez Wrote: That line always got to me.
For a party that always loved to say "let's not discuss how the pie is divided but try to make the pie larger," why did none of them ever ask "how can we maybe spend less than 1/5 or 1/6 of our economy on Healthcare?"

Neither party supports cheaper healthcare. When Clinton was president with a Pub congress they approved a bill to pay medical schools to cut down on their number of graduates. That's exactly the opposite of cutting healthcare costs.