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Originally Posted by alansmithee
I looked at that site, and it seems designed merely as a way to show how supposedly little the US gives. It seemed to measure nothing but gov't aid. And also, they seemed to have a bunch of arbitrary designations about which aid was counted higher than others.
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Additionally, the CGDEV chart doesn't give stat definitions. They list the USA as giving about 3. 3 what? 3 billion? 3 percent of the budget? I can certainly believe that most western nations outpace the US in terms of percent of budget for foreign aid, just like the US budget is larger than several western nations combined.
The other site makes a big deal about the US tying aid to directives. Here are some oppressive directives we associate with aid:
Use some of the aid to implement earthquake detection devices
Don't oppress women and ethnic minorities
Implement scrubbers in your industrial areas