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Elon shuts down USAID after Trump agrees 60-year-old foreign aid agency is 'beyond repair' as 10,000 employees face the chop (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not certain USAID sends financial aid or rather if they provide services paid by their budget. And yes, the US does receive foreign aid in emergency cases. You have probably forgotten already, but there were some pretty bad fires lately that Canada helped fight with their CL-415s. Because, you know, money doesn't usually solve any issue but debt. It won't take out a fire or end a pandemic.

No country does foreign aid out of goodness. It puts your own companies into these countries.

I'm not saying the US has any obligation to provide foreign aid. But don't portray them as a country that gets explored by other nations. The only ones exploring the US are the rich. The US is wealthy enough, possibly even the wealthiest large nation on earth. It wouldn't be if they just gave all money or whatever away. It's just a lie to keep you distracted.

[–] UniversalMonk -3 points 1 week ago

Fair points. But I think we provide way to much foreign aid. And I wanna know here the $40 billions dollars that this department oversaw went.

If it's good and they have been doing good work, then they should make it public record.