dr. siders. i'm a retired marine. i have something that will help. it's a report from 2019, and when you open it up it is 33 pages. when you look at 28-30, you will see 1946 to 2017, the american taxpayer dollars go out and we get nothing in return. 1980, mount saint helens erupted and we sent out aid. not my job america. the earthquake in the bay area, we put out aid. what did the world do for us? here is the punchline. hurricane katrina, 2005, we put out $200 billion, $35 billion in foreign aid, and only one country stepped up to the plate and offered help. it was a noble gesture from japan. and president bush said thank you for the offer, but no thanks. what did the world do? not my job. i want my federal dollars to go to your programs, fema, funding levees and dams to support america first and all of the victims from ida. i want my federal dollars to go to you. host: let's hear some final thoughts from the professor. guest: thank you for those thoughts, i am glad that you want funding to go to disaster programs. and obviously i think that is a gr

dr. siders. i'm a retired marine. i have something that will help.report from 2019, and when you open it up it is 33 pages. when you look at 28-30, you will see 1946 to 2017, the american taxpayer dollars go out and we get nothing in return. 1980, mount saint helens erupted and we sent out aid. not my job america. the earthquake in the bay area, we put out aid. what did the world do for us? here is the punchline. hurricane katrina, 2005, we put out $200 billion, $35 billion in foreign aid, and only one country stepped up to the plate and offered help. it was a noble gesture from japan. and president bush said thank you for the offer, but no thanks. what did the world do? not my job. i want my federal dollars to go to your programs, fema, funding levees and dams to support america first and all of the victims from ida. i want my federal dollars to go to you. host: let's hear some final thoughts from the professor. guest: thank you for those thoughts, i am glad that you want funding to go to disaster programs. and obviously i think that is a great idea