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There are some who believe that not even a single dollar should flow out to foreign aid so long as there is, for example, an American child experiencing hunger
by rebelos 5y ago
There are some who believe that not even a single dollar should flow out to foreign aid so long as there is, for example, an American child experiencing hunger (and there are millions of them at this very moment).
- kergonath 5y agoThat's a bit short sighted, though. Foreign aid is an investment, and a tool to solidify your soft power.It is worth it even without considering any humanitarian aspect (which you should, but not everybody does). Running a slightly less ridiculous military-industrial complex would free plenty of funds to fix just about any issue there might be in the US (except of course the big one, climate change). Second is having a slightly less ridiculous tax system.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> some who believe that not even a single dollar should flow out to foreign aid so long as there is, for example, an American child experiencing hunger Thankfully, not enough to be politically relevant. Because the alternative is letting the world degrade to the point that we’re shipping that child out to a war.
- rebelos 5y ago> Thankfully, not enough to be politically relevant. Because the alternative is letting the world degrade to the point that we’re shipping that child out to a war. I think this is exactly what politicians would like you to believe. You should take a look at how the foreign aid budget gets spent in reality.