Anonymous #1 2d

No, we can’t. Scaling down commitments means losing acquisition to resources and political presence. Destroying programs like USAID means millions of people a year DEAD. Money and resources that are minuscule for us but a lifeline to others. I fundamentally reject any worldview that doesn’t have the United States doing the best it can to project its values.

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Anonymous ___joker__ 2d

Our values! We can’t even help our own people what the fuck are we supposed to help others with? Their economies? Their immigration issues? Their wars? We are TRILLIONS in debt and half the time other nations bitch about us being involved in their business. We need to focus on ourselves.

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Anonymous #1 2d

I feel like you aren’t realizing that stuff like USAID appreciably helps Americans too. Less refugees to deal with, less infectious diseases to jump here, more skilled immigrants to help our economy, more international allies, less terrorism.

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Anonymous #1 2d

You’re assuming that helping other countries is what’s preventing us from helping Americans, but that’s not really how it works. Most foreign aid is a tiny fraction of the budget, and a lot of it comes back to us through trade, stability, and alliances. You can argue about priorities, but it’s not a zero-sum tradeoff like you’re framing it.

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Anonymous ___joker__ 2d

Yeah and generally the people trying to defund international aid are also defunding all the helpful domestic programs

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Anonymous #2 2d

Exactly! Like oh…you want to cut off all funding to Israel and instead give that money to help single mothers, the poor, and elderly? No?!? Shocker!

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Anonymous ___joker__ 2d

And that’s not to defend Israel by any means, it’s just calling out the bullshit for what it is.

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Anonymous #1 2d

We’re in trillions of dollars of debt but y’all think cutting less than $60B will make a sizable dent 💀 let’s start with the defense budget and the fact Medicare couldn’t negotiate until 2-3 years ago

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