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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Sounds good. But, the cost for the mission was $2.9 billion. Apparently all of it was funded by U.S. taxpayers. Why didn't the rest of the world, who also benefit from all that knowledge, share in the cost? Couldn't countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and others, who aren't $30 trillion in debt, kick in a billion or so?
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"U.S. Assistance to Africa: Objectives and Delivery
State Department- and USAID-administered
assistance for Africa totaled roughly $7.1 billion in FY2019, not including funding allocated to Africa via global accounts and programs." Link:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R46368.pdf
Maybe we should take care of our own programs and stop giving U.S. taxpayers money away to countries that expect it every year with NOTHING in return.