Ever been on an airplane and listened to the safety speech before the flight? In it, they explain: In the even of cabin depressurization you should put YOUR oxygen mask on before ever trying to help another person with theirs. They stress this because you’re no help to anyone if you’re passed out from a lack of oxygen.
This is how we should treat our economy. We send billions of dollars in foreign aid all over the world every year. Which is great in theory but America is suffocating.
I would propose a 10 year halt to all foreign aid from the US to give us a chance to catch our breath. We can use that money here to build infrastructure, create jobs, end homelesness, fund better public schools, pay for OUR citizens to go to college… The list goes on.
We can’t help anyone if we’re completely broke and struggling to survive ourselves.