What would happen if the U.S completely stopped giving foreign aid? (Iraq, illegal)
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Personally I think it's a great idea. Not necessarily a permanent thing, just for a few years to see how many things we could do for our own poor and needy.
But, rest assured, there will be plenty of posters here to tell you that what we send in foreign aid is "miniscule" compared to other budgets.
So-o-o the plan is to cut off foreign aid completely, while continuing to feed the war machine? Or was there a Part II to this plan, that hasn't been articulated by the OP yet?
Some foreign aid helps build allies that benefit the US in its political and economic strategies. For example--when the US needs to run an oil pipeline through a politically tricky region. Foreign aid, politics, oil and the military are all inter-related.
Last edited by Ruth4Truth; 01-23-2017 at 03:50 PM..
If we stopped giving foreign aid then we would lose the influence that comes with that...most of our foreign aid acts as the carrot to the stick of our foreign policy...very little of our foreign aid is given for altruistic reasons
Say, theoretically, the U.S completely stopped giving foreign aide to anyone, regardless of who it was and regardless of the circumstances, no more foreign aide to Israel, to Europe, to any 2nd or 3rd world countries.
To start with, Al-Queda and Taliban would run out of US money that they use to wage a war against the US.
With the total withdrawal of Foreign Aid people in many areas would starve likely leading to aggression and violence. I do believe that a lot of our Foreign AId is political payoffs which should be eliminated but not all.
It isn't about real "friendship". It is about things such as our Air Force being able to fly over sovereign air space, our Navy being able to come into ports of call, etc.
Let the US stop giving aid and see how fast these privileges cease; ergo, the best friends money can buy.
The sad part is that much of that foreign aid goes straight into the pockets of disgusted dictators, while their people starve.
This has happened for decades but it is a very small percentage of foreign aid spending. That warlord may be useful some day so why not throw some his way?
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