By Armando Simón
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” –Cicero, 55 BC
It is one thing to speak in generalities, it is another to see the details. Billions of taxpayer money is sent out every year, courtesy of Democrats and Republicans alike (by the way, do these politicians have offshore accounts?). As can be seen below, we have the entire continent of South America on welfare; we have the entire continent of Africa on welfare; we have three quarters of the countries in Asia on welfare.
Only one, randomly chosen, year was chosen (the exact figures fluctuate slightly from month to month). Incidentally, the information was obtained before USAID shut down the website which posted the amount of money per country per year.
AFRICA
In 2015, South Africa received a total of $515,575,677
In 2015, Zambia received a total of $672,901,484
In 2015, Kenya received a total of $891,665,410
In 2015, Chad received a total of $108,734,323
In 2015, Botswana received a total of $43,859,992
In 2015, Liberia received a total of $766,059,938
In 2015, Ghana received a total of $297,547,338
In 2015, Egypt received a total of $1,525,466,191
In 2015, Nigeria received a total of $592,349,645
In 2015, Mauritania received a total of $21,636,204
In 2015, Algeria received a total of $15,022,085
In 2015, Angola received a total of $58,325,755
In 2015, Botswana received a total of $43,859,992
In 2015, Burkina Faso received a total of $32,545,712
In 2015, Cabo Verde received a total of $3,522,137
In 2015, Cameroon received a total of $147,447,851
In 2015, Central African Republic received a total of $83,580,684
In 2015, Burundi received a total of $48,603,167
In 2015, Comoros received a total of $1,920,044
In 2015, Congo received a total of $2,583,485
In 2015, Congo received a total of $467,482,859
In 2015, Ivory Coast received a total of $111,990,418
In 2015, Djibouti received a total of $23,679,891
In 2015, Equatorial Guinea received a total of $4,391,506
In 2015, Eritrea received a total of $66,453
In 2015, Ethiopia received a total of $808,825,584
In 2015, Gabon received a total of $10,120,922
In 2015, Gambia received a total of $2,415,027
In 2015, Ghana received a total of $297,547,338
In 2015, Guinea received a total of $172,441,865
In 2015, Guinea-Bissau received a total of $1,611,776
In 2016, Lesotho received a total of $54,843,477
In 2016, Madagascar received a total of $86,731,621
In 2016, Malawi received a total of $309,263,128
In 2015, Libya received a total of $14,997,528
In 2015, Mali received a total of $207,014,489
In 2015, Morocco received a total of $69,494,411
In 2015, Mozambique received a total of $338,892,986
In 2015, Mozambique received a total of $124,777,826
In 2015, Rwanda received a total of $246,770,599
In 2015, Sao Tome and Principie received a total of $199,166
In 2015, Senegal received a total of $116,719,982
In 2015, Sierra Leone received a total of $200,550,659
In 2015, Somalia received a total of $255,105,905
In 2015, South Sudan received a total of $838,589,050
In 2015, Benin received a total of $113,195,610
In 2015, Sudan received a total of $147,833,033
In 2015, Swaziland received a total of $46,122,312
In 2015, Tanzania received a total of $591,591,821
In 2015, Togo received a total of $4,165,201
In 2015, Tunisia received a total of $122,903,292
In 2015, Uganda received a total of $591,480,559
In 2015, Zimbabwe received a total of $190,121,244
ASIA
In 2015, Iraq received a total of $410,175,253
In 2015, Cambodia received a total of $86,006,880
In 2015, Pakistan received a total of $980,874,076
In 2015, Israel received a total of $3,123,404,708
In 2015, Philippines received a total of $254,354,193
In 2015, Afghanistan received a total of $3,072,502,383
In 2015, Indonesia received a total of $220,766,160
In 2015, India received a total of $104,915,071
In 2015, Jordan received a total of $1,513,339,922
In 2015, Kazakhstan received a total of $191,016,051
In 2015, Lebanon received a total of $505,920,715
In 2015, Vietnam received a total of $69,515,867
In 2015, Azerbaijan received a total of $35,329,842
In 2015, Bahrain received a total of $9,373,663
In 2015, Bangladesh received a total of $227,267,000
In 2015, Bhutan received a total of $986,307
In 2015, Brunei received a total of $99,438
In 2015, Burma (Myanmar) received a total of $119,205,373
In 2015, Hong Kong received a total of $200,465
In 2015, China received a total of $47,131,260
In 2015, Iran received a total of $674,800
In 2016, South Korea received a total of $379,387
In 2016, North Korea received a total of $5,394
In 2016, Kyrgyzstan received a total of $37,582,747
In 2016, Laos received a total of $5,207,027
In 2016, Malaysia received a total of $206,987
In 2015, Maldives received a total of $2,925,298
In 2015, Mongolia received a total of $12,485,511
In 2015, Nepal received a total of $263,271,229
In 2015, Oman received a total of $7,636,947
In 2015, Papua received a total of $10,819,920
In 2015, Qatar received a total of $35,281
In 2015, Saudi Arabia received a total of $237,832
In 2015, Seychelles received a total of $427,683
In 2015, Singapore received a total of $602,061
In 2015, Sri Lanka received a total of $32,878,916
In 2015, Syria received a total of $913,042,148
In 2015, Tajikistan received a total of $52,884,773
In 2015, Thailand received a total of $66,955,890
In 2015, Timor received a total of $26,295,712
In 2015, Turkey received a total of $115,469,319
In 2015, Turkmenistan received a total of $6,162,516
In 2015, UAE received a total of $528,713
In 2015, Uzbekistan received a total of $48,088,690
In 2015, Palestine received a total of $556,739,707
In 2015, Yemen received a total of $176,737,687
EUROPE
In 2015, Poland received a total of $32,408,833
In 2015, Iceland received a total of $3,270
In 2015, Portugal received a total of $339,307
In 2015, Albania received a total of $27,194,509
In 2015, Armenia received a total of $57,069,016
In 2015, Austria received a total of $113,118
In 2015, Belarus received a total of $46,596,935
In 2015, Belgium received a total of $9,714,064
In 2015, Bermuda received a total of $11,250
In 2015, Bosnia received a total of $45,853,080
In 2014, Georgia received a total of $289,479,545
In 2015, Bulgaria received a total of $16,388,186
In 2015, Croatia received a total of $5,797,560
In 2015, Czech Republic received a total of $5,441,728
In 2015, Estonia received a total of $5,731,745
In 2015, Finland received a total of $20,000
In 2015, France received a total of $4,424,182
In 2015, Germany received a total of $3,882,529
In 2015, Hungary received a total of $6,893,733
In 2015, Ireland received a total of $1,253,270
In 2016, Kosovo received a total of $37,793,334
In 2016, Macedonia received a total of $23,715,842
In 2015, Malta received a total of $320,950
In 2015, Moldova received a total of $54,667,278
In 2015, Montenegro received a total of $3,532,552
In 2015, Holland received a total of $5,334,425
In 2015, Norway received a total of $6,541
In 2015, Romania received a total of $31,709,303
In 2015, Russia received a total of $22,839,017
In 2015, Slovakia received a total of $1,837,003
In 2015, Slovenia received a total of $640,693
In 2015, Spain received a total of $2,097,877
In 2015, Greece received a total of $1,237,902
In 2015, Sweden received a total of $3,270
In 2015, Switzerland received a total of $1,147,783
In 2015, Ukraine received a total of $304,927,502
CENTRAL AMERICA
In 2015, Mexico received a total of $332,311,612
In 2016, Jamaica received a total of $17,498,903
In 2015, Bahamas received a total of $2,933,496
In 2015, Barbados received a total of $3,453,422
In 2015, Belize received a total of $7,320,769
In 2015, Costa Rica received a total of $14,318,038
In 2015, Cuba received a total of $5,773,135
In 2015, Dominica received a total of $559,497
In 2015, Dominican Republic received a total of $110,772,135
In 2015, El Salvador received a total of $331,663,625
In 2015, Haiti received a total of $501,740,781
In 2015, Honduras received a total of $133,740,542
In 2015, Nicaragua received a total of $41,175,429
In 2015, Panamá received a total of $20,710,464
In 2015, St. Kitts received a total of $469,270
In 2015, Guatemala received a total of $137,905,792
In 2015, Grenada received a total of $400,928
In 2015, St. Lucia received a total of $24,890
In 2015, St. Vincent received a total of $386,414
In 2015, Trinidad received a total of $1,440,441
SOUTH AMERICA
In 2015, Chile received a total of $3,521,652
In 2015, Bolivia received a total of $56,613,604
In 2015, Venezuela received a total of $9,222,146
In 2015, Colombia received a total of $841,125,363
In 2015, Argentina received a total of $2,295,070
In 2015, Ecuador received a total of $34,897,757
In 2015, Guyana received a total of $7,120,913
In 2015, Paraguay received a total of $17,387,383
In 2015, Brazil received a total of $20,156,487
In 2015, Suriname received a total of $218,246
In 2015, Uruguay received a total of $2,359,368
OTHER
In 2015, Australia received a total of $250,520
In 2015, Canada received a total of $11,247,279
In 2015, Fiji received a total of $1,965,396
In 2015, Palau received a total of $14,236,610
In 2015, Samoa received a total of $954,449
In 2015, Tonga received a total of $1,587,503
In 2015, New Zealand received a total of $10,621
In 2015, Tuvalu received a total of $158,000
In 2015, Vanuatu received a total of $5,066,110
Let me repeat: these colossal amounts continue year after year. Observe:
Zambia Egypt
2011 $237,363,215 $1,539,308,744
2012 $360,580,246 $1,392,494,300
2013 $314,591,280 $1,570,212,963
2014 $672,901,439 $179,479,760
2015 $245,813,394 $1,525,466,191
2016 $258,925,027 $98,826,384
Afghanistan Nigeria
2011 $13,400,380,402 $379,121,199
2012 $13,111,490,049 $540,393,416
2013 $9,736,127,455 $519,474,952
2014 $7,259,300,766 $595,551,195
2015 $3,072,502,383 $592,349,645
2016 $1,024,314,522 $438,551,346
Kenya South Sudan
2011 $899,791,412 $144,144,175
2012 $999,967,033 $636,566,059
2013 $907,868,125 $625,412,388
2014 $891,665,076 $867,773,855
2015 $941,251,462 $838,589,050
2016 $508,196,564 $502,659,864
Conclusion
And they often receive the aid after they insult us. Not too long ago the erratic president of the Philippines, Duterte, quipped that Secretary Kelly gave his country $33 million of money (that did not belong to Kerry) after Duterte told us to go to hell. He said perhaps he should insult us some more. A European leader (I forget his name) years ago stated that America was like a woman whom you slap in the face—she gives you more of her money.
The solution to this never ending obscenity is easy. Incredibly easy. Eliminate—not reduce, not downsize, but eliminate, as in eradicate, as in wipe out, as in tear down—the United States Agency for International Development, and, along with that, completely eliminate—not reduce, not downsize, but eliminate, as in eradicate, as in wipe out, as in disintegrate—all foreign aid. Without exception. One does not reduce a cancerous tumor because it will regrow. One excises it!
Attempting to do so will result in an avalanche of lachrymose appeals about how absolutely necessary this, that, or the other program is and how it should remain untouched if we are ever going to rid the world of AIDS, ebola, irritable bowel syndrome, dirty water, famine, drought, ingrown toenails, illiteracy, circumcision, lack of circumcision, defective pencils, stale crackers, fostering homosexuality, shoelaces, etc. You will see dozens of photographs of children—always children—with suffering faces. You will hear dozens of corrupt politicians (with offshore accounts) and the army of lobbyists saying how tragic it is that “the world” (read: us American suckers) are turning our backs on this or that “humanitarian crisis” and that “something needs to be done.” Or that good, old standby, “racism.” In the meantime, USAID deep state workers will ignore orders to stop giving out money that does not belong to them.
African dictators will demand that Western countries send them money, using either slogans of “the rich must help the poor,” or, “reparations for slavery” that will elicit knee jerk reactions from liberals (whites never enslaved black Africans. Black Africans did it. Then, they sold the slaves to other Africans, to Arabs, and to whites. Perhaps they should demand reparations from Arabs.).
The above agitators will not give up without a fight. Too much money is at stake.
And, of course, you will hear appeals to “compromise,” and “gradual.”
Armando Simón is a retired psychologist and historian, author of A Cuban from Kansas, The U, and When Evolution Stops.
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