I'm not sure cutting off all funding for the UN is a good idea. Once you leave New York, the organization's WHO, refugee department, and other humanitarian pieces of the UN provide necessary infrastructure for a world wide effort in these areas. Otherwise, the US taxpayer would be on the hook for almost the entire cost of these departments if they were free standing entities. At least working through the UN, it forces other nations to contribute, thus alleviating some of the burden on the US.We'd be giving money anyway to these groups, even without the UN, so it seems logical that our contributions can be radically reduced while still supporting some of the humanitarian missions of the UN.That said, the idea that we give 5 times more than any other nation is absurd. That sum was agreed to when the world couldn't afford to contribute. But it's now time to let some of that oil money in Arabia replace some of our own contributions; or China's massive trade surplus pick up the slack; or...(Read Full Post)