Should We Resist Trump?

[abaris]

I even like one idea that he had about using the money we spend giving aid to other countries to bolster our Social Security fund.  But it's the bad stuff that I will resist.

Have you actually thought that through? First, look at how little that actually is. In comparison to general spendings. 35 billions divided between 140 countries.

https://howmuch.net/articles/countries-s...ve-from-us

What do you think you could actually bolster with that sum? Secondly it's usually tied to another thing Trump used to run on. Keeping them all out. The less money goes into foreign aid, the more these countries struggle, the more people won't have a chance for a future and turn into migrants, refugees even.

It's one of the classical populous demands where people don't question the claim. Ah, keep it all to ourselves and everything will be peachy. Nothing could be further from the truth because it's usually only a fraction of overall spendings.