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30th January 2012

Post reblogged from Mohandas Gandhi with 149 notes

serious question to Obama by a google+ hangout chat participant

mohandasgandhi:

realfakescientist:

why are we spending so much money on foreign aid when we have people jobless in the middle class???

he said: it’s really not nearly as much as some make it out to be.

he should have said: because people in other countries are humans too. we are not the only human beings worthy of eating, drinking, sleeping and “living” in general. Americans are no better than any other person, no matter what citizenship he or she holds.

real question: why do we only think about ourselves? do we not have a single ounce of humanity left for anyone “not American”? plus, what people fail to realize is we don’t give “aid” to anyone we don’t directly or indirectly benefit from, for the most part (except for natural disaster relief, among other things).

I think it’s also interesting to note that Americans think we spend 25% of our federal budget on foreign aid and would instead like to see us spend about 10%. In actuality, less than 1% of our federal budget goes towards foreign aid.

(and we still give more than every other country)

Tagged: stuff to think about

Source: realfakescientist

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    ourselves” which is literally always relevant
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    we… And all that’s been mentioned says nothing
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    Relevant to Canada right now, too.
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    The American people by and large have no idea what we do with our money.
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