Why Does the United States Provide Foreign Aid

question 83

Multiple Choice

Why does the United States provide foreign aid?

• A) It can help facilitate international agreements.
• B) That is the cost of a seat on the Security Council.
• C) Isolationism is the dominant foreign policy paradigm in America.
• D) The American public is strongly in favor of providing foreign aid.
• E) By doing so, the U.S. government earns interest payments on its loans, which reduces the federal debt.

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