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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 4727008" data-attributes="member: 4805"><h3>How much money does the US give to other countries? And who’s getting the most?</h3>Globally in 2018, the United States spent over $47 billion in foreign aid ($1 billion more than 2017). Nearly 37% of that budget went to just ten countries: <ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Afghanistan ($5.94 billion)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Israel ($3.11 billion)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Jordan ($1.67 billion)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Egypt ($1.23 billion)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Iraq ($1.18 billion)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ethiopia ($878 million)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Syria ($835 million)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Kenya ($824 million)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Nigeria ($820 million)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">South Sudan ($789 million). </li>
</ol>But yeah, heaven forbid we spend a single penny to bail out Americans who worked all their lives only to lose their pensions through no fault of their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jones, post: 4727008, member: 4805"] [HEADING=2][I]How much money does the US give to other countries? And who’s getting the most?[/I][/HEADING] [I]Globally in 2018, the United States spent over [B]$47 billion [/B]in foreign aid ($1 billion more than 2017). Nearly [B]37% of that budget [/B]went to just ten countries: [/I] [LIST=1] [*][I][B]Afghanistan[/B] ($5.94 billion)[/I] [*][I][B]Israel[/B] ($3.11 billion)[/I] [*][I][B]Jordan[/B] ($1.67 billion)[/I] [*][I][B]Egypt[/B] ($1.23 billion)[/I] [*][I][B]Iraq[/B] ($1.18 billion)[/I] [*][I][B]Ethiopia[/B] ($878 million)[/I] [*][I][B]Syria[/B] ($835 million)[/I] [*][I][B]Kenya[/B] ($824 million)[/I] [*][I][B]Nigeria[/B] ($820 million)[/I] [*][I][B]South Sudan[/B] ($789 million). [/I] [/LIST] But yeah, heaven forbid we spend a single penny to bail out Americans who worked all their lives only to lose their pensions through no fault of their own. [/QUOTE]

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