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What percentage of US foreign aid gets stolen?

Posted on 11/27/19 at 5:54 am
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 5:54 am
Just your guess...

Since we give foreign aid to almost every shithole country out there, and the leaders of said shitholes are - by nature - corrupt; how much of our aid ends up in the hands of corrupt folks rather than helping the populations?

I’d bet it’s around 80% after theft and sweetheart contracts.
Posted by Mulat
Avalon Bch, FL
Member since Sep 2010
17517 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 5:56 am to
I think it is time we stop everything and re-eval what is going on
Posted by tiger 56
Severn, MD
Member since Dec 2003
1711 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 5:58 am to
100% is stolen from the tax payers. Stop all foreign and domestic aid.
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
6937 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 5:58 am to
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I’d bet it’s around 80%


Can't disagree, I wonder how much of the "aid" that went to Kenya is paying for a home on Martha's Vineyard?
Posted by More&Les
Member since Nov 2012
14684 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:02 am to
Im gonna say it's on par with the amount of charity from the Clinton Foundation so roughly 6% goes to its intended purpose 94% pillaged by corrupt politicians, oligarchs, and Joe fricking Bidens....
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22628 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:06 am to
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I think it is time we stop everything and re-eval what is going on
Surprised God-Emperor hasn't done it already. Expect it sometime before 2024.
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
18808 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:16 am to
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Surprised God-Emperor hasn't done it already. Expect it sometime before 2024.


The entire budget will probably get a forensic audit, including the military.

As far as aid, its not just "direct foreign aid", its also through USAID, NATO, UN, IDB, IMF, IDB, World Bank, the US Military, State Dept, etc.
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
48118 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:39 am to
I think we ought to distinguish between military aid and humanitarian aid.

For military aid - if you ever vote against our interests in the UN or elsewhere you get ZERO aid for a decade - and we will activate the 'kill switch' of every piece of equipment we have given you in the past.

For humanitarian aid - we will ship humanitarian goods = canned meat and vegetables, powdered milk, clean water, used blankets and clothing, soap and toothpaste, etc - along with instructions booklets on how to establish a establish a democratically elected government.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56127 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:43 am to
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Clinton Foundation


Is going belly-up.

quote:

Donations to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation dropped sharply in 2017, the third consecutive year of declining revenues for the foundation, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.

According to its 2017 990 tax form, which the foundation provided to the Democrat-Gazette, contributions to the foundation totaled $26.6 million in 2017, down from $62.9 million in 2016, $108.9 million in 2015, and $172.6 million in 2014. The foundation's endowment, which stood at $267,491 at the beginning of 2013 — when the foundation launched a three-year endowment campaign — topped $207 million in 2017, up from $187.2 million in 2016, with most of that increase, $20.4 million, coming from investment gains. The foundation received $3 million in endowment gifts in 2017, and classified $3.7 million in previously committed pledges as uncollectable. It also listed overall revenues of $38.4 million and expenses of $54.6 million, a gap of $16.1 million.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100577 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:55 am to
80-90%
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24080 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 6:58 am to
Foreign aid is by definition, money given to corrupt countries to line the pockets of government officials in exchange for kickbacks, policy changes (bribes) or other services.

So 100%.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
30543 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:00 am to
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Is going belly-up.


This is what happens when a politician no longer has influence...
Posted by I_Scream_My_Height
Member since Nov 2019
20 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:01 am to
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and the leaders of said shitholes are - by nature - corrupt


The leaders of some of our shitholes here in the US are amazingly even more corrupt. They get kickbacks. That’s why a majority leaves office extremely wealthy despite as salary of <200k
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
74376 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:03 am to
You should add to op title how much aid is boomerang aid!

I'll ask again when was aid last audited top to bottom from outside the House, Senate and State dept?
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
30543 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:03 am to
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What percentage of US foreign aid gets stolen?


Define "stolen"....

Like several in this thread, since it is taken from the taxpayer and given to another country, technically 100% is stolen from the taxpayer...

However, how much goes toward its intended purpose?

10% or less and that amount is just for show to say "see foreign aid works"...

The entire system needs to be revamped... There needs to be a full stop and reevaluation of what our money is getting us in return... No return for us, then the shite needs to be cut off...

We need to start with the UN and work from there...
Posted by BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Member since May 2019
7439 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:05 am to
60-75%
Posted by Picayuner
Member since Dec 2016
3802 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:18 am to
Most is stolen by the recipient head of state with the balance kicked back to congress. We need a forensic audit of all aid and of all of congress. Investigate the families completely. Give the accountants huge bonuses for every corrupt deal exposed.
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9067 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:24 am to
3.50%
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
25961 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 7:26 am to
quote:

I’d bet it’s around 80% after theft and sweetheart contracts.



I'd venture to say its more. Why not take next to all of it if it's never audited. Our government doesnt care about us much less other countries poors.
Posted by TigerWhatIR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2013
911 posts
Posted on 11/27/19 at 8:24 am to
100% of foreign aid is stolen. It’s paid with money stolen from tax victims.

If you support taxation, then don’t complain about what the thieves squander the stolen money on.
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