Link: US Taxpayers Pay Millions to Keep Despots Safe at UN

When the despots of the world roll into New York on Wednesday for the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, American taxpayers will pay a hefty price to ensure their safety.

The cost of keeping the dictators safe? At least $20 million.

That’s how much New York City forked out during the first two weeks of last year’s General Assembly, according to a city official who spoke to FOX News on condition of anonymity.

And $20 million may be just the tip of the iceberg. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, the Secret Service, the U.S. Marshal’s Service and the New York State Police will also be called in to provide protective details for several of the 138 heads of state expected to attend.

When you examine this issue, it’s actually pretty startling. Anne Bayefsky, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said it best—“The U.S. taxpayer pays 22 percent of the U.N.’s regular budget, which includes 20 percent of what is costs to allow [Ahmadinejad] to use the U.N. to spew hatred, anti-semitism and repeated calls for the annihilation of the Jewish state.”

It’s an outrage that the U.S. taxpayer must pay that amount, only to admit a man like Ahmadinejad, who will use the U.N. microphone to promote genocide.