April 8, 2011

Foreign Aid: The Good and the Bad

James Glassman, Ideas in Action

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Faced with cutting government spending to reduce record debt, politicians have found a popular target. After reviewing respondents’ reaction to a list of budget reductions — including defense, education, food stamps and cultural programs — ABC News-Washington Post pollsters found that“the only possible federal spending cut a majority favored was for foreign aid.”

But not so fast.

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