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"To say that the United States owes one cent to the United Nations is simply a fantasy held by the internationalists who want more of our money to put in place their programs which at worst actually bring harm to the United States, or, at the very least, run contrary to US policy.
"The Government Accounting Office states that the US paid more than $6.6 billion into various UN fiascoes, like Somalia, where US soldiers died carrying out questionable UN policies; and only $1.8 billion has either been reimbursed or counted towards US dues. If we subtract the $1.3 billion the UN chiefs claim we owe from the more than $4.7 billion still un-reimbursed, that leaves some $3.5 billion, tax dollars taken from hard-working Americans, which the UN still has not repaid.
"We have no contractual or moral obligation to give more money to the bloated UN. And we also simply do not have the cash. Our budget is not anywhere near in balance, and we are discussing making sleight-of-hand changes in the CPI so we can pay out fewer benefits to our veterans and senior citizens, and raise taxes on all Americans.
"The United Nations has evolved into a great anti-American, anti-capitalism, anti-free market forum for the disenfranchised socialists of the world. The very last thing we need to do is send one more penny for the UN to use to further lobby against American values, or spend in sending our soldiers into yet another ridiculous UN mission that only cost lives and solve nothing.
"We do not owe them. They owe us."