Why shouldn't we send money to foreign countries.
It is this isolationist view that trapped America prior to World War II, and got those service men killed at Pearl Harbor.
By giving some of our wealth in foreign aid, we will in the long run, improve those nations to the point of becoming consumers of Unite States goods.
This is the same idea behind Nafta. Sure, we ship out thousands of high paying union jobs to Mexico. But, in the long run, this makes wealthier Mexicans, lower illegal immigration, and better exports of American services. Who do you think manages those no-skill jobs in Mexico, no skill Mexicans? No, it's college educated Amercian managers, just like here.
By pouring money into the Columbian military, we help prevent a socialist take over of a strategic South American country. Even now, the number of Red freedom fighters living in the jungle and working for the drug lords rivals the number of men in the Columbian goverment military. If it were not for US military and montary support, Columbia would have gone socialist by now, and we would have lost a very important agricultural and oil exporter.
The same goes for most foreign aid we pay out. Very rarely does our money go to countries without strategic value. How much do you think is in the budget to shore up the economy of Madasgascar anyway. Probably enough to keep an embassy open. While billions will be gifted to former soviet states and China.
As for the war on drugs, think of it as a hidden conservataive agenda. Sure, it doesn't work, there are more drugs imported every year now, then before the DEA was started. But, all of those former Army workers need a job after Bill Clinton's military cut backs. This keeps a back up standing army of skilled warriors handy, and does it in a liberally approved way. |
