Argumentative Essay On Foreign Aid

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Daniel Cruz
Troy Burns
Eng101
16 September 2014
Crippling America
For the last century, America has been reaching out and cradling countries in need.
Removing money from the American people and tossing it at these countries. The program, referred to as Foreign Aid or “Developmental Assistance” which has affected the life for many Americans. From the mountains of Afghanistan to the islands of the Philippines, America has blanketed these foreign countries with a sense of security. However, a cost that many Americans and their families can no longer afford. The U.S. Government must remove foreign aid from the federal budget. How can the people who pay taxes and help support this country depend on a government that prioritizes them behind countries that are thousands of miles away? For example, rebuilding communities after natural disasters is another task left undone by the federal government. Joplin, Missouri, devastated by a tornado in 2011 and to this day is still recovering from the damage estimated at two billion dollars (Onstot 6). Gary Connor, a publisher of …show more content…

For example, the Ebola outbreak has claimed 1,900 people this year in West Africa, reported by the World Health Organization. Volunteers and emergency medical personal, who are fighting this outbreak in West Africa, are doing so with the help from many American organizations. Without these funds, this disease would become an epidemic and would most likely spread, but by stopping it now, they are able to save countless lives and keep the peace within the country. Although the Joplin disaster cannot compare to the outbreak in West Africa, the U.S. needs remember the American people also suffer from disaster, disease, and homelessness. Priorities need to be set and with the deficit at a high, the government must put the American people and their problems

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