As a Borgen Project supporter, I urge U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo to support and increase the international affairs budget. Trump was recently accused of engaging in a quid pro quo with U.S. aid to Ukraine. While this isn’t uncommon, it is not ethical. The number of people suffering from hunger is greater than the population of the United States, Canada and the European Union combined. World hunger can be eliminated by 2030 with an additional $265 billion per year in additional resources. How does that compare to other political priorities?
In 2019, the Department of Defense’s budget authority was around $693 billion. As of 2019, the U.S.’s interest payment on debt will be around $593.1 billion. According to the USAID’s 2018 Fiscal Year spending, only $850 million was spent on developmental food aid reform whereas $1.7 billion was spent in government and civil society development.
Increasing the international affairs budget will be beneficial to both the United States and the impoverished countries. When we all do better, we are able to grow and prosper together.
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Go ahead and break out your checkbook Venus, no one is stopping you.
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Merry Christmas to my stalker the anonymous twit.
Chris, you did go to Serra correct. Anonymous is not accurate.
Father Zoph would tell you that my board name is a nom de plume. You read and respond to posters named JME and Jorg, why are they not anonymous?
The board name Christopher Conway, in fact, could be anonymous, aka not a real name.
Happy New Yr. Go Padres!
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