| USIP's work should be funded privately SupportiveArgument1 #99098 The USIP's work should be funded by private rather than public expenditure. |
Chaffetz and Weiner argue: "Although there have been no oversight hearings on the USIP since 1985, the organization's value is not in question—only its need for taxpayer funding is. Similar organizations manage to do good work without taxpayer money, and the USIP already raises millions from corporate and private interests, just as other think tanks do."
"President Obama has applauded recent pledges by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to eliminate billions in unnecessary defense spending, but these cuts feel like a tough sell when we're using taxpayer money to fund a private organization. Our defense and diplomatic establishment has helped promote stability for hundreds of years, and it should be the place we invest taxpayer dollars intended to further peace."
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