Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) did not mince words when he pulled back the curtain on where some American tax dollars are going this past week.
In an interview with radio host Jesse Kelly, the Tennessee Republican described a system that sounds less like foreign aid and more like a revolving door of wasted cash and fraud.
Burchett said billions are flowing through so-called non-government organizations and international bodies with little to no transparency.
He pointed directly to the United Nations and a sprawling network of NGOs as conduits for that money.
According to Burchett, the total is staggering and still growing, and the spending has the total support of Democrats in the Senate.
He cited a State Department memo estimating that more than $5 billion has been sent out.
Burchett’s most striking claim should evoke concern if not anger.
He said roughly $40 million per week is effectively making its way into Taliban-controlled territory.
That is American money, collected from working taxpayers, ending up in the hands of people who openly despise them and want them dead.
The congressman tied this issue to his own bill, the No Tax Dollars For Terrorists Act, which has been sitting dormant in the Senate for about a year.
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