(February 2, 2023 at 9:44 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(February 2, 2023 at 8:39 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: We don't actually spend much on foreign aid. An interesting subject on it's own, particularly because the public perception of foreign aid is off by orders of magnitude and it frequently ends up being a factor in our political decisions nonetheless. When we do break out the checkbook, though, expectations are attached. If you think the us is arming ukraine out of the goodness of it's heart, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ukraine doesn't give back anything to the US in exchange for aid and countries around the world don't pay a single penny for US protection of international supply chains.
You’re wrong. They are paying in human lives so that democratic countries are able to maintain themselves against authoritarianism. You're very wrong on that.
