by twosydeseditorialEditorial
We're spending billions on development programs abroad while homelessness, crumbling infrastructure, and poverty persist in our own cities. It's hypocritical and politically unsustainable to ask taxpayers to fund other countries when their own families are struggling. Once we've actually solved domestic poverty and built functioning societies, then we can credibly help others.
Foreign aid is a tiny fraction of most budgets—less than 1% in developed nations—and turning inward doesn't magically fix domestic problems; those require political will and different funding sources. Ignoring extreme poverty globally is both morally indefensible and strategically foolish, creating instability, disease, and resentment that harms us all. Wealthy nations have a responsibility precisely because we can afford both.
Should wealthy nations be required to pay reparations for colonialism?
Is caste-based reservation system still necessary in modern India?
