Donald Trump gave the task of stopping unnecessary US spending to Allen Musk. Since then, there are cuts one after the other. In this JD, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) also came. The agencies in which the countries were providing financial assistance started to be banned. These include India. By the way, the US continued to fund all the countries of the world to protect democracy and sometimes by quoting human needs.
US population angry with foreign funding
A few years ago, the American public started showing resentment over a special thing. People said that their government invests a lot of money in the help of other countries, and especially military help, which is actually the money of tax payers. Wherever the US Army has been stationed for years, there was a demand to recall them. The return of soldiers from Afghanistan was also the result of this anger.
Now Donald Trump has arrived in the white house. Trump, who has done business all his life, is stopping all the extravagance by searching, and this work has been handled by Alan Musk.
On the target of Musk, the first USAD ID. This institution spends huge money in the name of human needs or democracy worldwide. Even through this, India also got about two million dollars to increase the percentage of voters in the elections. On stopping this fund, Trump argues that India is a rich country, which has a lot of money from tax. In such a situation, he does not need such funding. Trump’s attitude is also why American taxpayers should invest on foreigners! They want to spend this amount on their own people.
What are the benefits from foreign aid
However, foreign aid not only means to light up in the house of others, but it was also a kind of soft power. For example, if we take USAD, then the agency in more than 50 countries was connected to local organizations, and had made local penetration along with funding. This kept the US a chance to speak.
All the rich countries help
American leaders allege that the rest of the people are not working for their share. All the responsibility has come on them. It is true that due to being super power, this country does the most funds for humanitarian works, but this is the case, which is making him a superpower. It is an international commitment to spend 0.7 percent of its income for poor countries annually. Apart from America, countries like Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Luxembourg also put a lot of money on human help. According to the American think tank Brookings, this fund was higher in the percentage than Washington.
Where does help go
There is also an illusion that foreign aid often goes into the wrong hands and where it is spent, it is not available. According to Brookings.Ajuction report ‘Wat Ervian American Shud No About Foreign Aid’, this is a common belief, on which the American public continued to express dissatisfaction. However, the small part of the Economic Assistance that the US gives goes to the government of a country. According to the data of the year 2018, 21 percent of the US assistance to foreign governments, 20 percent to NGOs, 34 percent of multilateral institutions, while 25 percent went to different places.
Usually the US gives such help to countries where democracy is somewhat weak. In such a situation, Assistance goes through private channels instead of the government. Usually they fund NGOs, who work on the ground.
It is difficult to find out how money was spent
Furious that America gave money for the education of girls in remote villages of India. This money is available to any non-profit working in the city, which will reach the village. People who declared American help wrong would argue how the money in which the money is invested in. But it was also broken. The funding organization will deploy its people in the country, who can investigate after a fixed time, how far the work has reached.
What is the benefit of America by giving foreign aid
This question also arose. Trump is also talking about cuts in many places, giving the same argument. But the same help works as soft power for America. The government of countries getting help will be more generous for American policies and will also improve diplomatic relations between the two. Its direct impact will be seen on business.
One more reason behind help
It is said that if the neighbor’s house is on fire and if you keep sleeping, the fire will soon swallow you too. The same thing is with instability. If there is economic turmoil in the surrounding countries, then the US will not be able to avoid its effect. For example, due to poverty in Venezuela or political-religious earthquake in Syria, people started running to America. It can spoil its economy of Washington. So one way to stop it is that financial help should be provided to such countries. Or also military help in establishing democracy there. The US kept doing the same.