The United States is approaching 37 trillion dollars of debt. There will be no aid to Zambia or any other country if we default on that debt.
If you see someone drowning in the river, and you stand by and are a good swimmer, is it not your responsibility to help?
> There will be no aid to Zambia or any other country if we default on that debt.
US Foreign Aid was a trivial amount of money buying much soft power around the globe. China for comparison has almost double the foreign aid amount the US had, relative to GNI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_development_aid_sovere...
It seems like they actually plan on cutting it, so I don't think your argument has any weight.
We will probably never be in agreement with government having more money to inefficiently distribute vs keeping it in the pockets of the earners. Sorry.
Politicians which are drastically cutting foreign aid usually doesn't increase it locally because they do not agree with the whole concept.
We will probably never be in agreement with government having more money to inefficiently distribute vs keeping it in the pockets of the earners. Sorry.
And if $240 million is trivial, they can just send it to me instead.