I cited it only to point out that he did shut down foreign aid. I personally agree. Why people think we must needs be both the world's policeman AND it's Nanny I have never understood. :no:
It is only damning to those who DO think we must needs be both those things.
As far as I am concerned, my tax dollars should be used sparingly and specifically to take care of America and Americans first. :coffeepap:
Well, there are pros and cons on foreign aid. Historically speaking conservatives and liberals have supported it, given that:
1. It actually costs US very little (as a percentage of GDP),
2. The the cost versus benefit of good relations with foreign countries has historically been a net positive.
But there are more pros, and there are cons as well, ( like aid to corrupt governments not being spent as intended ).
It's only libertarians and their isolationist ideology that has objected. I suspect that's where you are on this subject.
This "America first" concept was first introduced by Charles Lindbergh, and had been shunted to the dust bin for years, and now with the rise of nationalistic populism ( a right wing populism, not the kind of populism that has been associated with the left, for years ) it's reared it's ugly head.
We are the strongest nation in the world, the most powerful nation in the world, and when a nation assumes that mantle, the mantle of being the beacon of hope, justice, and democracy for the rest of the world, well, that comes at a price.
Either we decide to descend to that of second world countries, and do as you suggest, which would leave a huge vacuum on the world stage that China or Russia or both, would rush to fill, or we continue being who we have been. Of course, Russia would love nothing more for us to become just another second rate "democracy" which is led by hypocrisy and dumb leaders, ( such as Trump, the whole reason Putin wanted him there in the first place, he's an easy mark for someone like Putin ).
I'm for it, as long as it is spent as it was intended, and not corrupted by leaders of corrupt nations.
Everyone has a beef on how taxes are spent, and no tax policy can please everyone, that's the nature of taxes.
