Stop foreign monetary handouts

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Here are five viewpoints why America needs to stop writing no-strings-attached checks to foreign powers.

  1. Lack of Political Influence: When the federal government sends funds abroad, whether through taxes, foreign aid, or contributions, American citizens often have no say in how those funds are used. This lack of input or control is similar to taxation without representation, where citizens are taxed but have no vote or voice in the foreign government’s decisions.

  2. No Accountability: Just as colonial subjects of Britain had no representation in the British Parliament, American citizens do not have any mechanisms for holding the receiving entity accountable for how the money is spent. This can lead to misuse of funds without any recourse for those who provided the money.

  3. Economic Impact: Funds sent abroad are seen as resources drained from the local economy without any return benefit or decision-making power over that resource allocation. This can be compared to taxes where the taxpayer has no say in budgetary decisions.

  4. Imposed Obligations: If these funds are mandatory (like foreign aid required by international agreements or treaties), it could be argued that this is a form of taxation imposed by external bodies or agreements where the general populace had no direct representation or consent.

  5. Global Governance: In an interconnected world, decisions made by international bodies (like the UN, IMF, or World Bank) can affect national policies, including financial contributions to these bodies. Here, the argument could be that these contributions are de facto taxes levied by unelected bodies, where the contributing nations or individuals might feel they lack sufficient representation or influence.

  6. Historical and Philosophical Perspectives: Drawing from historical grievances like the one leading to the American Revolution, the essence of the complaint against “taxation without representation” was about fairness in governance. If funds are sent abroad under duress or without a clear benefit or decision-making process, it can be philosophically likened to the same principle.

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I agree! We need to pay ourr deficit down before helping anyone or else one day there will be sweeping cuts across all govt departments to prevent a federal bankruptcy one day.

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It is inherently unethical for the federal government to extract wealth from United States citizens to then tender this wealth to foreigners. It also incentivizes foreign actors and governments to lobby and influence the U.S. federal government into continuing this theft. This practice must be abolished in it’s entirety and even further must be proposed as a constitutional amendment to prevent this practice from ever again being perpetrated.

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