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HUMANITARIAN AID SHOULD START AT HOME

                                          SIMPLE QUESTIONS FOR A SOLID START
                   1.  If you controlled $250 million, where do you think it would be best spent:

                          a.  Egypt’s fragile Muslim Brotherhood government
                          b.  Foreign Aid to Israel
                          c.  Directed aid with no earmarks; to repair bridges in the USA
                          d.  _____________________________ (name the project)

                   2.  If you controlled $20 million, where do you think it would be best spent:

                          a.  Any Foreign Aid Program the U.S. State Department desires
                          b.  Any Foreign Aid Program the U.S. President desires
                          c.  Directed aid with no earmarks; to repair roads in the USA
                          d.  _____________________________ (name the project)

                   3.  If you controlled $2 million, where do you think it would be best spent:

                          a.  Any Foreign Aid Program the U.S. Senate desires
                          b.  Any Foreign Aid Program the U.S. President desires
                          c.  Directed aid with no earmarks; to hire more teachers in the USA
                          d.  _____________________________ (name the project)

                   4.  Would you be willing as a private citizen to donate 100 hours of your time to participate in a
                       “Citizen’s Panel on Spending”?

                          a.  Yes
                          b.  No

                   5.  If Congress passed legislation establishing a “Citizen’s Panel on Spending” and the
                       recommendations of the committee were required to be implemented, like the sequester law.
                       Would you be willing as a private citizen to donate 100 hours of your time to participate?

                          a.  Yes
                          b.  No
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