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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Cutting Foreign Aid

I am not at all surprised to see foreign aid on the US chopping block to deal with the budget crisis.  Foreign assistance is never popular and always over-estimated.  But the problem for is this: coming up with the correct analogy.  I tweeted the following:
Cutting foreign aid to address budget crisis is like an alcoholic cutting back on apertifs.
I am not sure that is the most apt analogy so I am taking suggestions.  Winner gets, well, credit when I post it.




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6 comments:

  1. Dan NexonOctober 4, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Cutting foreign aid to address budget crisis is like an alcoholic cutting back on chocolate liquor candies.

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  2. Brandon ValerianoOctober 4, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Cutting foreign aid to address the budget crisis is like eliminating peanuts on all flights to address the price of jet fuel.

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  3. Mike TierneyOctober 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Cutting foreign aid to address the budget crisis is like getting your hair cut in an effort to lose weight.

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  4. Chad RectorOctober 4, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Cutting foreign aid to solve the budget crisis is like executing Troy Davis to reduce prison overcrowding.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Cutting foreign aid to address budget crisis is like an alcoholic cutting back on roses for your mistress, but keeping her.

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  6. Steve GreeneOctober 5, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Don't have anything pithy of my own, just wanted to comment that I love Mike's suggestion.

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