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hilariouslytoday at 12:02 PM

In FY 2024, 0.3% of federal spending was by the US Agency for International Development ($21.7B)

https://usafacts.org/explainers/what-does-the-us-government-...

The war in Iran in MAY was reported at 29 billion dollars. It's probably been a bit more since then. Justifying stupid actions because you hate brown people isn't good for any of us.

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gesshatoday at 11:57 AM

Surrounded by the barbarian warmonger nations of Canada and Mexico, the US has to increase its military budget to close to a trillion to pay for wars it definitely hasn’t been single-handedly starting since the 1970s while the USAID budget which is 5% of the military’s which tries to eradicate tuberculosis and malaria needs to go. Makes total sense.

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