Ireland Owens
According to the recent Financial Times, most Americans believe that American foreign help is wasted.
Of the respondents, over 60% believe that funds for humanitarian aid were “wasted on fees for corruption or administration” According to to the survey published on Monday. The findings of the survey appear among the growing observation surrounding prodigal expenses in several federal agencies, including the American International Development Agency (USAID).
USAID has recently been among the growing reports about the waste of agency billions dollars of taxpayers to pay funds for various pricey international programs, some of which were high risk It ended in the hands of the Taliban. Los Usaid is currently unclear after the Department of Government (Doge) Elon Musk announced On February 3, he and President Donald Trump agreed to overthrow the structure of the government agency.
“This is a completely unreacked agency. This is to respond to the political directives in the Department of State and refuses it “, Secretary of State Marco Rubio he said Reporters on February 3. “Every dollar spent by us and every program financed by us, this program will be consistent with the national interest of the United States. USAID has the history of ignoring this. “
Shortly after returning to the oval office on January 20, Trump signed a contract executive order stay Financing for foreign help, leading to reaction from many democratic legislators. Still, some democrats expressed support in order to reduce financing foreign aid.
Doge continues efforts eliminate waste throughout the entire federal government Supported by many voters and republican legislators who were vocation for various government agencies to cut out lavish expenses.
Musk was a voice critic USAID in the last few weeks, writing on Monday post On the 10th agency “financed Dei abroad while America rinses at home.”
In particular, while foreign help agencies such as USAID have sent billions To help countries abroad, the US was struggling with a breakdown infrastructure and different economic obstacles such as found remuneration. USAID has allocated over $ 40 billion in foreign aid in a tax year 2023, According to to the Congress Research Service.
The FT survey methodology was not available at the time of writing.
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Ireland Owens is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
