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10/3/12, "The Scandal that is foreign Aid," Alred. S. Regnery
"The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the State
Department entity that administers foreign aid, has admitted that it
really has no idea how much US taxpayers’ money is used for its intended
purpose and how much lines the pockets of corrupt politicians or winds
up in Swiss banks. According to USAID’s Inspector General, the agency
failed, in 2009, to conduct mandatory annual audits of about $500
million in funds transferred to 52 foreign countries because “it was
unable to produce an inventory of all organizations it gives money to.”
People familiar with the way USAID works believe the Inspector General’s
comment is vastly understated.
Excepting Israel, eight countries receiving the most US foreign aid
are the eight most corrupt countries in the world – Sudan, Kenya,
Pakistan, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Columbia, according to www.AIDMonitor.com, a watchdog group. Even worse, nobody has any idea whether US aid actually does further US national security interests. A 2006 report
from the Government Accountability Office, for example, criticized both
the State Department and the Defense Department for failing to measure
how the funding actually contributes to U.S. goals.
One thing US aid does not do is instill any sort of loyalty to the
United States. During September of this year, anti-US demonstrations
unfolded in 29 countries, all with large Muslim populations. Those 29
countries received, over three years between 2008 and 2010, a total of
$29 billion dollars in assistance from the US (excluding Iraq and
Afghanistan, which between them received $44 billion over the same
period).
And did any of those countries support us in their votes in the
United Nations? Only one – Turkey – voted, during 2011, with the US
more than half the time, and only four – Georgia, Ukraine, Peru, and El
Salvador – more than 25%."...
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