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If the top brass of Robert Mugabe's political party, the Zanu PF, are correct, Mr. Mugabe will be handed another five-year term of office to add to the 33 he has already spent in power.

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At least one thing seems pretty clear since we learned the Motor City has run out of steam: Uncle Sam will not be offering up any emergency reserves.

Detroit, which has filed for a record-setting $18 billion bankruptcy, will not be getting federal assistance if you believe the rhetoric coming from Washington officials.

This has people debating not just whether or not Detroit should get a bailout (lawmakers coughed up billions for the automakers and banks), but debating more broadly how tax dollars are spent at a time when budgets are tight in general.



Bloomberg makes this comparison: $323 million in proposed U.S. aid would go to Colombia next year versus only $108 million that will go to Detroit.

Most of the money flagged for Colombia will go to “peace and security.” Meanwhile, Detroit (where it takes almost an hour for police to respond to 911 calls) has an 81 percent higher homicide rate than the South American country, according to Bloomberg.

And Colombia is not even in the top five of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid. National Priority Projects reports that for fiscal year 2013, U.S. funding for foreign countries amounts to $23 billion – the number jumps to $37 billion when you add in our foreign military assistance.

When it comes to cities, former New York lieutenant governor Richard Ravitch points out to Bloomberg that helping cities is a state responsibility. Ravitch has told The Daily Ticker the same thing.

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