Economists are questioning why the United States Department of Agriculture would be called on to bail out a foriegn, soveriegn nation, but at the same time, representatives from the USDA have said that “The $14 billion requested only constitutes a small amount of our 2011 discretionary budget, so really, auditing the request would cost us more than just cutting a check.”
Citizens of Portugal have been asked to weigh in, but due to them doing so in Portuguese, with no interpreters available to translate, the wire transfer has already been sent.