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originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: Bluntone22
$230 billion is way too much to give to the UN.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
a reply to: Fowlerstoad
So you have no idea... You just know U.N. = bad for some reason...
What was this process , did you always think of the U.N. that way...
What convinced you theyre evil now?
No need asking the op, he probably knows as much as you as to why he hates the U.N.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: odzeandennz
a reply to: Fowlerstoad
So you have no idea... You just know U.N. = bad for some reason...
What was this process , did you always think of the U.N. that way...
What convinced you theyre evil now?
No need asking the op, he probably knows as much as you as to why he hates the U.N.
I expect that response from you.
Always questioning the intelligence of people that disagree with you.
The United Nations gets around 25% of it's budget from one country and it is full of corruption and wasteful spending.
The dirty laundry is a mile deep.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: thedigirati
27.89% this year..
peacekeeping.un.org...
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: thedigirati
Zero
originally posted by: MachineMan
a reply to: Bluntone22
Maybe they will have a going out of business sale. Dibs on Greenland!
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
originally posted by: odzeandennz
Why do you hate the U.N. so much I wonder...
Maybe programming
It's a politically bloated model that hemorrhages everyone's money.
Sure they may do some good here and there, but for the most part you have vastly differing interests from members holding veto power. Anything happening in their sphere of influence will just get vetoed, so essentially it's just a spineless body that can't really do much.
The few things people do agree on in that bureaucratic hell hole are things that they could agree and act on without the UN.