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I’m struck by how some still seem unable to grasp the power of soft influence. Africa now has even fewer incentives to side with anyone but China. America’s strength has long rested on its deep alliances and its knack for creating prosperity abroad—but that advantage is eroding fast.

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Are you struck at the possibility of a inner-city family on welfare, or poor rural areas thinking that the US should be spending fungible dollars on them and not someone half way across the world?

Is the current administration planning on increasing aid to those people?

It seems like they actually plan on cutting it, so I don't think your argument has any weight.

They do by lowering taxes. This money can be used to keep local communities funded.

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.

Well they are not doing that they actually planned to cut local welfare even more. So you make your poorer people poorer and lost influence over the world. I'm honestly struck with that.

Politicians which are drastically cutting foreign aid usually doesn't increase it locally because they do not agree with the whole concept.

They do by lowering taxes. This money can be used to keep local communities funded.

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.

The people who oppose foreign aid oppose aiding Americans also.

They do through lowering taxes.

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