Most of the Public Thinks Foreign Aid Accounts for a Much Larger Share of Federal Spending than It Does, and That Misperception Contributes to People’s Support for Budget Cuts

  • orclev@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    In theory it could reduce the budget, but we all know in reality it’s just going to be siphoned off into some rich assholes accounts (most likely Musk). Also that’s only looking at the short term impact. Long term abandoning US soft power like this will inevitably pull the US into more wars and conflict which will just inflate our already grossly bloated defense budget. The US is going to start looking a lot like the USSR right before it collapsed.