Re: [FT]United Nations?

Brian Burger wrote:

> Donald Hosford wrote:
>
> > This leaves me with a question...If everyone is paying their dues,
the
> > budget is still overunning, the US is "making payments far in excess
of
> > its dues" -- How is it that we (the US) still have to pay
> > the vast remaining amount?	Doesn't seem the slightest bit fair...
>
> You've misunderstood the quote, I think:
>
> >> [the USA] had contributed an amount exceeding its assessed
contribution
> >> for 1998, the amount it still owed represented 76 per cent of all
unpaid
> >> regular budget assessments at the end of 1998."
>
> In 1998, the US paid more than it's annual contribution.
>
> They still owe money from _previous_ contributions.
>
> Of the money owed to the UN from previous years, 76% of that is unpaid
US
> dues. The remaining 24% is other nation's unpaid dues. Probably
nations
> like Serbia, Congo/Zimbabwe, etc. Isn't it nice that the US is in such
> august company?
>
> In other words, the US has been shorting the UN for years. Being a bit
> more generous in 1998 is nice, but they still owe the cash from all
those
> previous shortings!
>
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Ok...How about this question then:

When did the UN convince the member states to allow it to have a fleet? 
Or are
their space forces (as of 2183) "borrowed" like their modern forces?

Donald Hosford