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A U.S. program, designed, according
to The Washington POst to
"new small and medium-size businesses, building trust and spreading the wealth," is
instead enriching those it was unintended to, the traditional power brokers in
Afghanistan, while, according to The Post, having "created new ones."
According to the report, the money that the
U.S. is putting into Afghanistan "may have exacerbated some of
the problems it set out to solve and is a major contributor to
the corruption that has hobbled U.S. efforts." In other words,
the U.S. is funding the opposition while the White House and
Congress want to raise taxes on small business owners and those
who still hold jobs.
So, here's where things stand. According to The Post: 'After eight years in Afghanistan
and more than $50 billion spent, the United States still has no "no comprehensive
database on reconstruction contracts" and no integrated system to track projects
that are "completed, ongoing and planned," Special Inspector General Arnold Field
told Congress in mid-July. President Obama has asked for an additional $20 billion
in fiscal 2011.'
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