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by cscurmudgeon 495 days ago
But somehow you can use us as the world’s ATM!

https://www.statista.com/statistics/275597/largers-donor-cou...

Imagine a fraction of that going back to citizens!

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Hmm...there are other countries on that list...who spend more relative to their GDP. So not exactly "the world's ATM".

And of course the rest of the world finances the US economy and US debt by virtue of the US dollar being both the currency of international trade and reserve currency. And it is reserve currency by virtue of being the currency of international trade.

That is a far, far greater monetary value than the aid given out.

Which you can also tell by what happens to you if you start to use another currency for trade. "Would you like some regime change to go with that?" Or how the US fights the Euro tooth and nail, including sabotage.

You dont have to imagine! Thats less than a sixth of a percent of the entire US federal budget :)
> Imagine a fraction of that going back to citizens!

You know that US citizens mostly donate to charities that help other US citizens?