Just the Facts: Foreign Aid vs. Military Spending
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The U.S. spends piles of money on foreign aid, right? See how the spending actually stacks up.
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| We’ve Got Deep Pockets for Military Spending |
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| Military spending worldwide is $1.47 trillion. The U.S. spends 48% of that. We’re tops per capita, too. |
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| But We’re Generous with Foreign Aid, Aren’t We? No The U.S., with 300 million people, gives away $23.5 billion in non-military aid to developing countries. But the 333 million people in the next four countries spend almost double: $44.7 billion. |
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Research and graphics by Noah Grant on Just the Facts for A Just Foreign Policy, the Summer 2008 issue of YES! Magazine. Noah is a YES! editorial assistant. |
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