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US Senate approves cutting $8B in foreign aid (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 6 days ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

$4.15bn to boost economies and strengthen democratic institutions in developing countries

I guess half of it was just imperialism.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

you don't have to guess, usaid proved that aid was little more than a vehicle for propaganda.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I really am seeing so much less chynabad shit since these cuts started happening, and it was practically overnight

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

i am, but that's because i subscribed to the anti-tankie slop from the "tankie circle jerk" shit-lib communities; they don't need uncle sam to spend money on telling them what to think, they do that shit for free. lol