Why Can the Europeans Do it?

[oladub]

and congress didn't vote it into the budget?

Not so far this year, some Republicans aren't cooperating, but when Obama had a Democratic congress they did vote it in. The problem is that we don't tax Americans enough to pay for such things.

[rb336]

and republicans, when they were in power, did what? oh - the same thing. The IMF is a tool of the corporatists who use it as leverage to exploit the people in the countries to whom the IMF gives money.

i agree - dump ALL support for the IMF