Foreign Countries Who Receive Welfare from U.S. Taxpayers

[HELLRAISER]

While NeoCons distract the country by bitching, crying and whining about the cost of illegal immigration which is really a drop in the bucket when we take a look and compare it to the welfare the U.S. provides to other countries while we're left holding the bill and being foreclosed and denied medical care by our health insurers and their NeoCon puppet allies:

Here are the top 16 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2005:

1. Israel 2.58 Billion
2. Egypt 1.84 Billion
3. Afganistan 0.98 Billion
4. Pakistan 0.70 Billion
5. Colombia 0.57 Billion
6. Sudan 0.50 Billion
7. Jordan 0.48 Billion
8. Uganda 0.25 Billion
9. Kenya 0.24 Billion
10. Ethiopia 0.19 Billion
11. South Africa 0.19 Billion
12. Peru 0.19 Billion
13. Indonesia 0.18 Billion
14. Bolivia 0.18 Billion
15. Nigeria 0.18 Billion
16. Zambia 0.18 Billion

source:
CRS Report for Congress: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S.
Programs and Policy Updated January 19, 2005, page 14
http://shelby.senate.gov/legislation/ForeignAid.pdf


Here are the top 16 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2004:

1. Iraq 18.44 Billion
2. Israel 2.62 Billion
3. Egypt 1.87 Billion
4. Afghanistan 1.77 Billion
5. Colombia 0.57 Billion
6. Jordan 0.56 Billion
7. Pakistan 0.39 Billion
8. Liberia 0.21 Billion
9. Peru 0.17 Billion
10. Ethiopia 0.16 Billion
11. Bolivia 0.15 Billion
12. Turkey 0.15 Billion
13. Uganda 0.14 Billion
14. Sudan 0.14 Billion
15. Indonesia 0.13 Billion
16. Kenya 0.13 Billion

source:
CRS Report for Congres:: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S.
Programs and Policy, April 15, 2004, page 13
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/files/98-916.pdf


Here are the top 15 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2001:

1. Israel 2.82 Billion
2. Egypt 1.987 Billion
3. Jordan 0.227 Billion
4. Kosovo 0.184 Billion
5. Ukraine 0.178 Billion
6. Russia 0.174 Billion
7. Indonesia 0.149 Billion
8. Ethiopia 0.124 Billion
9. India 0.122 Billion
10. Georgia 0.107 Billion
11. Bangladesh 0.101 Billion
12. Serbia 0.10 Billion
13. Peru 0.097 Billion
14. Armenia 0.092 Billion
15. Bosnia 0.089 Billion

CRS Report for Congress: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S.
Programs and Policy Updated April 6, 2001, page 12
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/crs/98-916_010406.pdf

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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=586921
the totals here do not
give the whole picture. Israel gets 2.58 billion but 2.1 billion of it
goes to military aid which it uses to purchase US made weapons. Egypt
gets 1.3 for the same reason although it buys french made weapons
also, persumably with US dollars. The rest goes to social programs
(i.e. aid). Afghanistan and Pakistan aid is mostly military aid
although alot of Afghanistan aid is going to set up the government and
a significant portion is going to fight poppy production (farmer
incentive programs). Colombia gets its .57 billion for the War on
Drugs, very little goes to social programs, mostly eradication and
fumagation of coca crops.

 

[meesterperfect]

man this isn't a neocon thing, or a republican/democrat thing.
Its a government out of control thing.
It shows that theres something bigger pulling the strings.
I do agree its not good, actually disgusting., but this and the huge amount illegal immigration are 2 different things no?
The Illegal immigration problem is not only about the cost.

 

[Facial_King]

Of course, for some of this aid, the devil is in the details. I'm open to the idea that some small fraction of this money actually does something GOOD. But I'm also skeptical.

 

[HowieDoit]

I'm curious to know where and what the money is going towards. Is any of it actually forgiving trade debts from US firms by the federal government for food?

 

[Legzman]

why the fuck are we paying welfare to other countries???

 

[meesterperfect]

we've been giving isreal and other countrys billions for the past 65 years, disgusting yes, but nothing new.

 

[Deadshot1988]

And how big is our Nations Debt? Like I keep telling people, it's not one political party we should be hating, it's both.

 

[maildude]

Damn! The U.S. throws around money like it has lots of money! :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

 

[bodie54]

Here are the top 16 recipients of U.S. foreign aid for 2005:

1. Israel 2.58 Billion
2. Egypt 1.84 Billion
3. Afganistan 0.98 Billion
4. Pakistan 0.70 Billion
5. Colombia 0.57 Billion
6. Sudan 0.50 Billion
7. Jordan 0.48 Billion
8. Uganda 0.25 Billion
9. Kenya 0.24 Billion
10. Ethiopia 0.19 Billion
11. South Africa 0.19 Billion
12. Peru 0.19 Billion
13. Indonesia 0.18 Billion
14. Bolivia 0.18 Billion
15. Nigeria 0.18 Billion
16. Zambia 0.18 Billion

That totals 9.43 billion. Chump change.
That same year something around 400 billion was spent on defense.

 

[beauregard]

That totals 9.43 billion. Chump change.
That same year something around 400 billion was spent on defense.

It might only be 40$ or so per US citizen, but personally, I feel my 4 year old son shouldn't be paying other peoples welfare to begin with.

 

[titsrock]

Basically, we meddle in other countries affairs because the U.S. Military is nothing more than a tool for Big Business to use to "open up new markets."

If we want to stop giving money to other countries--how far would that $10bil go a year for National Healthcare?--we must stop meddling in other countries' affairs.

If Big Businesses want to "open new markets" they must use their own money to do so, not the U.S. tax payers' money and certainly not our soldiers.

I support, in theory, Israel's right to exist in peace in the Middle East, but the present way of getting to that peace (open support of Israel policies and blaming Arab Nations) is not working. Maybe our largesse is de-incentivizing Israel to make peace.

Maybe the U.S. and Europe should pay Israel to give up the Gaza Strip and give up their Southern Territory to the Palestinians, that way the Palestinians can have a connected piece of land to call their own country. In exchange, the Arab Nations pay the Palestinians to give up the West Bank to Israel and move to this new Palestine country in the South?

I don't see how it's feasible for a 2 state solution to work if Palestine is basically a patchwork state with a parcel over here and a parcel over there....:dunno:

 

[Roald]

That totals 9.43 billion. Chump change.
That same year something around 400 billion was spent on defense.

Can you believe a small country as the Netherlands is giving aprox. 8 billion a year? So yes the 9 billion is chump change for the US indeed :2 cents:

PS I am against the way its done too.

 

[CunningStunts]

This doesn't even scratch the surface of the money the US Federal government wastes on a daily basis... hell, they spent over a billion on that cash for clunkers fiasco alone.

 

[HELLRAISER]

This doesn't even scratch the surface of the money the US Federal government wastes on a daily basis... hell, they spent over a billion on that cash for clunkers fiasco alone.

how does Cash for CLunkers equate with the trillions in welfare given to foreign countries and how was that successful program a fiasco?

 

[Ace Bandage]

how does Cash for CLunkers equate with the trillions in welfare given to foreign countries and how was that successful program a fiasco?

Trillions? Where are you pulling these numbers from? If we're giving away about 10 billion a year in foreign aid (and that's a generous overestimation on my part), it would take about a hundred years to give away one trillion. As others have pointed out, 10 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to what our government is spending in a fiscal year. If you think you can do better Scooter, run for office and fix it.

 

[titsrock]

This doesn't even scratch the surface of the money the US Federal government wastes on a daily basis... hell, they spent over a billion on that cash for clunkers fiasco alone.

That was actually a success. The program acheived it's stated goals ahead of time and was quickly renewed. It was a success by every sense of the word:dunno:

Does everyone remember the $8bil that KBR/Halliburton "lost" in Bagdad right after Saddam was captured?

So much for the competency of Gov't Contractors....this accounting "snafu" was met with nothing but shrugs from the American people and the Republican "financial hawks" in Gov't at the time....

 

[Friday on my mind]

It's not welfare,it's payoff money.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

Personally I would love to see America cut off Isreal, just to see how long before they realize the only reason the have the best toys in the Middle East is because their rich father is the one who buys them.

 

[CunningStunts]

That was actually a success. The program acheived it's stated goals ahead of time and was quickly renewed. It was a success by every sense of the word:dunno:

Does everyone remember the $8bil that KBR/Halliburton "lost" in Bagdad right after Saddam was captured?

So much for the competency of Gov't Contractors....this accounting "snafu" was met with nothing but shrugs from the American people and the Republican "financial hawks" in Gov't at the time....

Success??? It equated to over $20,000 per car... you think that was successful use of money we don't have?

I notice that you love to point out some blunders that occurred under Bush without dealing with the real issue... the issue is that the Feds waste trillions on things they shouldn't even be doing in the first place. A few billion in foreign aid a year is chump change compare to the fraud in the Medicare program alone... which is estimated at anywhere between $20-80 billion... they aren't sure because like so many things Washington does, they don't really keep track of the money, and therefore they aren't sure where it went.

 

[JacknCoke]

Finally a good point Hellrasier so why not revamp welfare instead of continuing with the system the way it is? Nahhhh lets propose a new government program that will cost us billions.