05-06-2016, 01:25 PM
(05-06-2016, 01:10 PM)mallorian69 Wrote: So we should stop all foreign aid for any reason? After all we spend billions every year in tax payer money in aid, none of which directly and rarely indirectly affects the average American.
I think we should cut back drastically on foreign aid, but US citizens do get an indirect benefit from it.
Some amount of military spending overseas and foreign aid money is necessary to protect our economic interests. As the largest economic power on earth we have to insure there are stable markets for our products and stable access to resources and products we need from foreign countries.
Unfortunately we have to "buy" some of our friends. If we cut off aid to some countries then Russia or China would step in and buy them off. Then we lose influence and control of markets and access to resources.
Isolationism is not possible in today's world wide economy. People who think it is do not grasp how complicated international relations can be.
