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We won!
$71.9
billion
2023
1.17%
What U.S. foreign aid is used for
11.4%
was
military
”assistance”
“Tied” foreign aid (about 50%)
Oxfam America
U.S. Foreign Assistance - 2023
U.S. Government
Distributed 60 percent of foreign aid funds in 2023
Congressional Research Service, 2023
Democratic Republic
of the Congo��6 million deaths since 1998�7 million internally displaced��cobalt, copper,
tantalum, gold, tin
Wikipedia, International Rescue Committee
POPULATION��U.S.: 335M��China: 1.4B��India: 1.4B
Who is in the richest one percent?���1M in wealth �(each person in household)���cash + stocks and bonds�home equity + value of large purchases�(minus debts)
Who is in the richest 12 percent?���100K - 1M in wealth �(each person in household)
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Stephen from the UK asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“How much do you believe
foreign aid money is spent
on corruption in those countries?”
someone from Norway asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“Why should the U.S. withdraw aid from countries that lived sustainably until American intervention
disrupted them?”
Ian from KCMO asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“How much foreign aid makes it
to the intended destination?”
Chicken Pork Adobo asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“Which other countries that give the same amount of aid like the U.S.
and is it the responsibility of the U.S.
to give a huge amount of aid?”
Youtube comments
@GarrickDitlefsen:
Foreign aid is when the poor people of a rich country give money to the rich people of a poor country." - Michael Parenti.
The term "Third World" is outdated and was originally used during the Cold War to describe nations that were not aligned with either the U.S.-led Western bloc or the Soviet-led Eastern bloc. Today, terms like "Global South," "developing nations," or "underdeveloped regions" are more commonly used to describe areas with widespread poverty, poor infrastructure, and lack of basic services.
However, if we categorize parts of the U.S. by the same standards used to define "Third World conditions"—such as tent cities, homelessness, food insecurity, lack of clean drinking water, failing infrastructure, and inadequate healthcare access—a significant portion of the country would qualify as having "Third World" conditions.
@lalrindikaralte8252
Actually, USA is rich enough to help their own people like Hawaiian, and other countries like Haiti but the problem is corruption and priority.
This entire discussion is the binary of give/ didn't give aid.
The reason for ending USAID was the waste and corruption professor spends 0% of the class discussing the real issue and 100% reinforcing the false binary.
Why can't we have a nuanced, complex discussion about HOW Aid should be administered?
@heatherescontrias8218
If we cease humanitarian aid around the world, China and Russia would be happy to take our place. Then these nations we are helping would be more loyal to them. You can see the issue that might cause.