United States Foreign Aid Summary Chart

well, anything here surprise you?
i did notice one other thread about the aid to israel and egypt being a 1/3 of the total, but i thought this site broke it all down reasonably well.
these charts never re-post the way i hope they would.
here is the link to the site, everything is footnoted and easily checked.
one thing that always crosses my mind when reading this stuff is what they don't admit to.
if i said this is only about half of the total, would i be very far off in your opinion?

link

U.S. Foreign Aid TOP RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Notes Israel - One-third of ALL US AID goes to Israel and Egypt. These 2 countries receive one-third of the total aid, the majority of which pays for armaments. Yet, neither is a "developing" country. Economic Aid (ESF) 400 781 389 120 240 1,537 477 600 1,080 838 Military Aid (FMF) 2,775 2,550 2,381 2,340 2,280 1,448 2,147 2,100 2,040 1,975 Israel Total 3,175 2,331 2,770 2,460 2,520 2,985 2,624 2,700 3,120 2,813 Egypt - Economic Aid (ESF) 250 200 412 455 495 530 571 615 775 693 Military Aid (FMF) 1,300 1,300 1,289 1,300 1,300 1,289 1,292 1,300 1,300 1,297 Egypt Total 1,550 1,500 1,701 1,758 1,795 1,819 1,863 1,915 2,075 1,990 (All) Columbia Geographic summary data is no longer offered. The data from ?? different accounts must be summed. ESF - MCC - IMET - FMF - INCLE - GHCS - DA, etc. This will take hours. Later. 561 558 567 574 538 381 49 Drug abatement Jordan 458 461 457 559 452 230 228 To leave Israel alone Pakistan 734 698 537 387 305 893 3 To chase terrorists Peru 136 133 152 156 189 197 89 Drug abatement Indonesia 159 158 135 122 131 124 120 Oil reserves Kenya 437 213 159 101 52 44 38 Free money, if you are Christian Bolivia 122 122 132 133 137 126 89 Drug abatement Ukraine 96 115 93 113 166 163 182 - India 117 94 92 87 152 79 59 - Haiti 225 163 125 101 26 31 48 - Russia 67 52 91 101 157 165 169 - Ethiopia 474 145 114 74 52 47 40 - West Bank/ Gaza 69 150 74 74 75 72 70 Token response, to "balance" Israel aid Liberia 102 89 44 202 7 5 5 - Bangladesh 84 49 55 61 65 66 59 - Bosnia 43 51 45 64 53 68 86 Reparations Source---> request 122513.pdf estimate 122513.pdf 2010 122513.pdf Page 852 2009 101368.pdf

I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything here, but what is the point of this post? Are you an American that objects to all of the foreign aid we are giving (you aren't alone as I'm in that camp) or are you a resident of one of the countries receiving aid and thanking us (you're welcome...now take care of yourself)? Either way, interesting numbers.

/TOA

reply to post by rubbertramp


Do you actually think that is a complete list of funds given to other countries?

Where is the money through the UN?

Where is the money through the Stimulus bill last year?

Where is the money where we have bases in other countries or military advisors in other countries? That is giving to other countries so they need not have a large defense. Not to mention the economic plus it gives by all the activity of the people.

Just a few more things to look at on your OP.

reply to post by The Old American


basically yes, i am an american who's mind is annually boggled by these numbers.
i never believe the numbers provided, think in all actuality that they are much higher.

Originally posted by saltheart foamfollower
reply to post by rubbertramp

 

Do you actually think that is a complete list of funds given to other countries?

Where is the money through the UN?

Where is the money through the Stimulus bill last year?

Where is the money where we have bases in other countries or military advisors in other countries? That is giving to other countries so they need not have a large defense. Not to mention the economic plus it gives by all the activity of the people.

Just a few more things to look at on your OP.

sure, like i said in the op. to quote myself.

one thing that always crosses my mind when reading this stuff is what they don't admit to. if i said this is only about half of the total, would i be very far off in your opinion?

good examples that you provided, and i'll add,

cia and other black/covert ops.
other arms sales

Boggles the mind doesn't it? The massive amounts of money we give to other countries, and spend destroying other countries. Kind of sick that we waste money on that when there are homeless and hungry people in the states....

reply to post by TKDRL


couldn't agree more. i truly do believe that we should take care of our own first, but like most other political topics,
it's lobbyist influence that controls the most.

reply to post by rubbertramp


I saw that component, I just wanted to reiterate it.

Good OP.

AIPAC runs the US Government.

and the media.

en.wikipedia.org...

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt write that since 1976, Israel "has been the largest annual recipient of direct economic and military assistance" and "largest gross recipient of such assistance since World War Two," a sum amounting to more than $140 billion between 1948 and 2004. The annual "$3 billion in direct assistance given to Israel" comprises "roughly one-fifth of the foreign aid budget" of the United States, amounting to about $500 per capita per annum.[16] AIPAC's web site (2007) states that it "has grown into a 100,000-member national grassroots movement" and claims that it is America's "pro-Israel lobby."[17]

en.wikipedia.org...

In April 2006, Philip Weiss discussed some of the background to the creation of the paper in an article in The Nation.[32]
Mearsheimer and Walt argue that "No lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the American national interest would otherwise suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are essentially identical".[26] They argue that "in its basic operations, it is no different from interest groups like the Farm Lobby, steel and textile workers, and other ethnic lobbies. What sets the Israel Lobby apart is its extraordinary effectiveness." According to Mearsheimer and Walt, the "loose coalition" that makes up the Lobby has "significant leverage over the Executive branch", as well as the ability to make sure that the "Lobby's perspective on Israel is widely reflected in the mainstream media." They claim that AIPAC in particular has a "stranglehold on the U.S. Congress", due to its "ability to reward legislators and congressional candidates who support its agenda, and to punish those who challenge it."

reply to post by mnemeth1


Ehhhhh, mnemeth, it is run by the trusts and foundations of wealth earned 100 years ago.

Saying that just one source of Uber wealth is the controlling interest is misnomer.