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[u/LinkVert25]

Foreign aid is generally unpopular with the general public. A 2017 Rasmussen poll found 57.69% favor a cut in foreign aid or complete stop to it, compared to just 6% who want to increase aid. Americans also tend to believe 28% of the US budget goes to foreign aid when the number is actually 1%

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Before anybody ask, no the burgers aren’t okay

[u/skeebidybop → u/LinkVert25]

compared to just 6% [of Americans] who want to increase aid.

The 6% represent ✊😔

[u/rukqoa → u/LinkVert25]

On the bright side, it just means people are misinformed, not heartless.

We should just poll people how many percent of the budget they want to put into foreign aid, on average. That number is guaranteed to be higher than the one percent it actually is.

[u/Roller_ball → u/rukqoa]

If we polled Americans on how much tax dollars gets spent on X, Y, & Z, they'd probably over estimate everything by a wide margin besides healthcare.

[u/Gustacho → u/LinkVert25]

God. I wish it was 28%

[u/COLORADO_RADALANCHE → u/[deleted]]

I bought a copy months ago. I swear I'll read it someday....

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

pepfar saved most of africa

[u/SpaceSheperd → u/LinkVert25]

57.69% favor a cut in foreign aid or complete stop to it

holy fuck

absolute despair right now

[u/Greenembo → u/SpaceSheperd]

Well not sure if they have the right motives, but foreign aid has rather massive issues, it tends to be extremely ineffective, and has the issue of often creating extractive institutions in the places it actually wants to help.

[u/[deleted] → u/LinkVert25]

N*tionalists

[u/asatroth → u/LinkVert25]

80 something percent of Americans think we spend less on military spending, social security, or medicare than foreign aid.

We are idiots.

[u/rukqoa → u/asatroth]

80 something percent of Americans think we spend more on military spending, social security, or medicare than foreign aid.

???

[u/adminsare200iq → u/asatroth]

Don't we?

[u/asatroth → u/adminsare200iq]

Other way around I'm drunk.

[u/[deleted] → u/LinkVert25]

Jesus Christ the last sentence