Why does America spend more on international issues than domestic issues?

Question

i mean we spends more on international issues that do not affect us. and at the sametime, have many issues that require money like purchasing books for our schools, giving citizens of US more benifits and lower taxes, provide healthcare, and many more things. we literally give BILLIONS of dollars to other nations while we ourselves have no money. Why do we do that?

Answer 1

because the people that have the power to do something in this country don't have their priorities straight. They are trying to worry about our image in the eyes of the rest of the world then our image in our own country. In time, there will be such a desparity between those in the upper and lower class that they country will fall apart. In order to ensure the well being of this nation, we need to fix the way things are handled at the bottom of the food chain in our nation so that we will be able to help other nations in the future.
What the government needs to do is to create a steady policy on the handling of these issues that encompass both inter and intra national issues.

Answer 2

Good question. I think it mostly has to do with trying to deflect criticism. If America decided to stop spending so much money on other nations issues we look like we are stingy and uncaring. But by ignoring our own problems we look like we are a caring people. I say we stop trying to fix the worlds problems and work on our own, and once we have those issues fixed then we help the world.

Answer 3

It seems that it is in order to build good faith in some cases of trade divisions, others is to help the starving and sick, and the other is to keep us safe from harm here. If we give there they will be an ally, like buying your friends? And that is the way of the world. I feel the ones that are bought are worse than the buyer, don't you? After all we have been donating forever and nothing comes back but bombs and terror?

Answer 4

I also wonder. Charity begins at home and that means we should take care of our own problems (which are major and plentiful) before we go international. Sure, we want to be known as the richest and most powerful country in the world, but we should prove that to ourselves first.

Answer 5

America always been accused that its ppl ---do not care about foreign policies-----if u go back 5 years that was the way---but now we need to understand whats is going on in the world-----

americans still considered around the world as the most ignorant

do not look at it as charity which is not ----its more like a bribe

Answer 6

That's a great question and one that I have been asking for a long time. We are a country only 300 years old and we are 9 trillion dollars in debt. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Answer 7

they both have thier schedule interior the global themes..Dont u imagine Obama will pull the troops out of Iraq and position them in Kenya.He already talked with them in inner most...(9/11) isn't over because we nevertheless have terroist and down playing bin encumbered is what were given us in this mess

Answer 8

i'm not positive, but i think we spend the vast majority of our money here in our own country.

we do spend a lot outside of our country too, but it is only a drop in the bucket of the federal budget.

Answer 9

you need to check your figures. The USA spends far more on itself than it does on other countries, as far as government spending is concerned.

Other countries have far higher percentages of their government spending going to help other countries than the USA, but no country spends a majority of their spending on others.

Answer 10

If you want to stay on top of the hill you've got to have the biggest meanest 'golden' stick out there!

Being a Superpower is expensive.