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Post by avordvet on May 7, 2015 4:01:37 GMT -5
US Taxpayers Paying $3.042B for UN, More Than 185 Other Countries CombinedBy Patrick Goodenough, May 7, 2015 4:23 AM EDT (CNSNews.com) – American taxpayers will pony up around $3.024 billion this year towards the United Nations’ regular and peacekeeping budgets, more than what 185 other countries combined are paying, an expert on the international body told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday. While the U.S. contribution in 2015 to the U.N. regular budget is $621.9 million, the 35 countries contributing the least will pay just $28,269 each, Heritage Foundation scholar Brett Schaefer told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee responsible for multilateral institutions. And where the U.S. will pay $2.402 billion towards the separate peacekeeping budget, the 20 countries contributing the least will pay just $8,470 each. Putting those together, “the United States will be assessed approximately $3 billion this year, based on the projected budgets for the regular and peacekeeping budgets, while the 20 least-assessed countries will be assessed less than $37,000 [each] this year for both of those budgets,” he said. cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/us-taxpayers-paying-3042b-un-more-185-other-countries-combined
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