printEven US law on occasion provides a way out of welfare for the world. Section 508 of the Foreign Assistance Act is a case in point. But not on Obama’s watch:
“Many laws are complicated, but Section 508 of the Foreign Assistance Act isn’t,” explains Noah Feldman at Bloomberg. “It reads: ‘None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree.’ In other words, money spent to aid a foreign country such as Egypt can’t be spent if there has been a coup. There is no loophole in this language. … ” MORE.
Isn’t it time the ponces of the press compile a comprehensive survey of all the instances in which this president has flouted the law of the land? Of course not. What was I thinking?!