<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SMessier:
[SARCASM]Yes, those ungrateful *******s in the least developed countries who receive the equivalent of .09 per cent of US GDP (1997 figures) should just get in line like everyone else. [/SARCASM]
From 1946 to 1993 the US spent an average of 9 billion/year on foreign aid, but 35% of this was military assistance, aka government subsidies to the defense industry. Recent spending has been around 13 billion/year. </font>
Actually I was not referring to the "least developed countries". Instead I was referring to more "developed" countries like Russia, Isreal, France, Japan, Egypt as well as others... According to your quote USA's current foreign aid is $13,000,000,000. A 50% reduction ($6.5 Billion) would more than pay for the needed equipment and security that is being discussed here. My question to you is what is more important, propping up or subsidizing some foreign government or have state of the art safety and security here in the USA?