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“These thriving economies become new markets for U.S. goods and services, leading to economic growth and job creation back home.”

This sounds good in theory but is there a single example of this happening in the last thirty years?

The top ten recipients of our foreign aide are: Ukraine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Nigeria, Congo, Afghanistan, and Kenya. Israel is a first world country and the foreign aide there is military so it doesn’t fit this model or reasoning for foreign aide. The same is true of Egypt. Has our foreign aide resulted in thriving economies in Ethiopia, Somalia, or Congo? Has it brought stability and better lives to the people of Afghanistan or Christians in Northern Nigeria?

In 2005 the country list of aide recipients was much the same with the largest difference being that Iraq was on that list rather than Ukraine. So did our aide in Iraq result in thriving new markets and economic growth and job creation back home?

I understand the theory I just don’t see how that theory actually works in reality.

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