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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
giving foreign aid to a country isn't just about the money we send, its about building relationships with those countries, understanding their people. Creating diplomatic ties. One can't easily put a monetary value on that benefit, but it is a benefit to us none the less.
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There's no doubt that monetary aid builds diplomatic ties. Its like a bartering chip, we do something for them because we expect some sort of benefit back in the future. I do though, believe we need to plow more money into things like water irrigation and renewable energy for countries that lack both the funding and the know how of where to start and how to move forward and less money into countries that already have things like nuclear energy.
I'm a bit pissed btw as we'v'e just been over to friends for xmas drinks so if I'm not making any sense, I apologize now!!