It's time to keep U.S. dollars at home

During his monologue last night, Tonight Show host Jay Leno joked that jobless Americans should move to Pakistan, where the U.S. just pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid.

I will be the first to admit that my global perspectives are limited at best. I wouldn't make a good replacement for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

With that said, how is it that the U.S. is giving financial aid to any country? Aren't we presently arguing over providing assistance to our own people, like those who are unemployed? Aren't schools cutting teachers right here in America because of the bad economy? What about that biggest deficit in our country's history? Is that even a consideration when funding foreign governments? American cities are crumbling. Homes are in foreclosure at record rates. Businesses are struggling. And we're sending cash overseas?

Hillary came to Pakistan yesterday with an olive branch. Attached to it was $500 million. It is not clear to me why this was necessary or how a country with massive debt can give that kind of money to other countries. But what is crystal clear is that we have no interest in altering how we do business globally. This is not some Leno joke.

It looks like we are going to continue funding foreign countries indefinitely through writing checks and providing military assistance despite our overwhelming economic woes at home. In the current economic climate, where millions of Americans are suffering and there is no end in sight, it was frustrating to see Hillary Clinton handing over cash to Pakistan just so that people there will hate us a little less.