The U.S. gave a GRANT to Afghanistan for $8 million to fix up a national park in Bamiyan.

And yet another project for American money.  Foreign dirt has more value than American citizens.   Don't get me wrong I'm the first in line to preserve natural wonders and the earth but what good does it do to preserve ANY foreign lands when there aren't any American's left to fund those projects?  Obama is cutting taxes for the rich so some one has to make up money for these projects which means raise the lower income taxes.  I seriously doubt that those taxes he's cutting will just be forgotten.  SOMEBODY has to make up for it.  But who?  If we don't have jobs or we are under paid WHO is paying those taxes.  Doesn't it make sense to invest in the US job market before we invest in foreign natural wonders?
Somebody explain this to me...as I revisit my diet of hot dogs (which I HATE) and beans for dinner.  I gave that diet up back in the dirt poor '70's.