Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Fact Checking Assignment #3

In the movie "The Fall of the Republic," a big topic is the idea that a large amount of our nation's money is going to foreign banks and foreign aid, however a source that says the opposite. According to one.org our nation actually spends less than one percent of our budget on foreign aid. This website has a few graphs and charts that show a little goes a long way in this situation, one of the many amazing facts on this website is that "USAID responded to 46 of 57 disasters in countries with assistance coming within 72 hours."

http://one.org/blog/2011/02/18/foreign-aid-where-is-all-the-money-going/

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