Reduce and or End the Foreign Aid Expenditures

Respectfully request that the United States Congress and the United States President, REDUCE or END the spending in foreign aid to all countries requesting until our budget is balanced and the deficit is reduced. According to the government’s user-friendly Web site, www.foreignassistance.gov, Uncle Sam doles out “more than $58 billion a year in foreign assistance through more than 20 agencies.” More than half of that, roughly $37 billion, is managed by the State Department and USAID. In 2011 the requested amount for Russia was $68.7 million. For China, it’s $12.9 million. A whopping $647.7 million has been allocated for Nigeria. Even $20 million is set aside for communist Cuba. With our country in debt, we should look to reduce it and balance the budget before sending aid to others.