i know where we can save 120 to 200 million

PLUS MUCH MORE
BRING OUR MEN AND WOMEN HOME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. sell the f**king us embassy in iraq (sure we'll take a GIANT loss, but we can get a few bucks for the monstrosity).

we can't help others because we can't even help ourselves. we're not going to be able to fill our cars with gas to get to work. we're not going to be able to feed our families but the good ol' white boy network will be going strong
Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril
Supplies and Recipients Likely to Be Reduced

By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Staff Writer
The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations, the amount of food provided to them, or both, officials at the agency said.
USAID officials said that a 41 percent surge in prices for wheat, corn, rice and other cereals over the past six months has generated a $120 million budget shortfall that will force the agency to reduce emergency operations. That deficit is projected to rise to $200 million by year's end. Prices have skyrocketed as more grains go to biofuel production or are consumed by such fast-emerging markets as China and India.
Officials said they were reviewing all of the agency's emergency programs -- which target almost 40 countries and zones including Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, Honduras and Sudan's Darfur region -- to decide how and where the cuts will be made. ...........

Iraq War Results & Statistics as of Feb 24, 2008
From Deborah White,
(these figures are as of 2/28/2008)
3,971 US Soldiers Killed, 29,203 Seriously Wounded
For your quick reading, I've listed key statistics about the Iraq War, taken primarily from data analyzed by various think tanks, including The Brookings Institution's Iraq Index, and from mainstream media sources. Data is presented as of February 24, 2008, except as indicated.
US SPENDING IN IRAQ
Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $600 billion of US taxpayers' funds. President Bush has requested another $200 billion for 2008, which would bring the cumulative total to close to $800 billion.
U.S. Daily Spending in Iraq - oover $270 million, in November 2007
Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)
Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors.