“OUR GOVERNMENT is a PARLIAMENT of WHORES … and WE (the People) are the WHORES” – P.J. O’Rourke

1. The U.S. gives more money in foreign aid than any other country in the world.

2. The U.S. spent at least $282.6 billion on foreign aid between 2013-2018—almost $47 billion on foreign aid in FY2018, alone. 

3. At least $14.6 billion in COVID-19 funding has gone into four foreign-related spending accounts, while billions of those dollars have yet to be allocated or spent. 

4. The U.S. spent 78% of its FY2018 foreign aid on TWO AREAS:

• bilateral ECONOMIC development programs (43%) 
• MILITARY and non-military SECURITY assistance (35%)

5. In FY2019, 23 U.S. federal agencies reported they spent $12.2 BILLION from U.S. taxpayers on international organizations.

25 of those INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS received MORE than a COMBINED $11 BILLION, and 21 of those 25 took home over $100 MILLION EACH.

6. The U.S.’s $47 BILLION in FY2018 foreign aid was MORE than 48 out of 50 U.S. STATES spent that year in funds sent by Washington, D.C.

7. AFGHANISTAN received $6 BILLION in U.S. foreign aid in FY2018, the most of any country in the world, with Israel the runner up at $3 billion.

That year, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA received the MOST U.S. foreign aid of any region in the world, 27%, with the MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA combined receiving the SECOND HIGHEST amount of U.S. TAX DOLLARS, 24%.

8. FIVE U.S. AGENCIES distributed the bulk of U.S. foreign aid spending in FY2018, the top being USAID ($20.1 billion), DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE ($13.3 billion), and the STATE DEPARTMENT ($7.4 billion).

9. U.S. TAX PAYERS give at least $9.7 BILLION annually to the UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, through 58 separate entities, which include:

• UN PEACEKEEPING: $1.46 BILLION in FY2021 for dues, $10.26 BILLION over the last six years
• UN regular budget: $685.5 MILLION in FY2021 for dues, $2.5 BILLION over the last 3½ years
• World FOOD Program: $2.6 BILLION in FY2019
• UNHCR REFUGEE office: $1.7 BILLION in FY2019
• UNICEF: $833 MILLION in FY2020, $5.9 BILLION in U.S. funding over 14 years
• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $230 MILLION so far in FY2021, $4.1 billion in U.S. funding over 14 years
• UNRWA PALESTINIAN AID: New $150 MILLION in restarted aid announced in 2021, $6.3 BILLION sent from U.S. taxpayers SINCE 1953.

10. In 2021 the U.S. international affairs budget, which includes foreign aid and other international operations funding (but not defense spending), was over $60 billion.