For every $1 the government claimed to save by cutting foreign aid, it added about $380 to the federal deficit elsewhere in the budget.
That's without factoring in the increased cost of armed conflicts we won't prevent, deaths we can't stop, and allies we won't have the next time we need them.
E Rosalie
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