[mgist]

http://foreignassistance.gov/countryIntro.aspx

Over $205 Million sent to tiny Indonesia in 2011. That as much as Afganistan and more than India and Pakistan combined. Makes NO sense.

[Vaquero]

Ask Barry Soetoro

[cripplecreek]

$105 million to Brazil for an aquarium.

We got money to burn. LOL

[BenLurkin]

[Teacher317]

"TINY" Indonesia??? You're not much for atlases, are ya? LOL

They're #15 in land area (out of 240+), #4 in population, and I'd have to imagine that they're #1 in coastline (since they have so many islands)...

Oops! They're #2. Canada has them beat, according to the World Factbook... by a LOT! Interesting.

[Jemian]

I do NOT agree with sending money to Indonesia.

However, I also must take issue with calling Indonesia “tiny.” It is not.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

There's a theory that the US buys far more than $200 million in influence when it spends $200 million in foreign aid. I don't subscribe to this theory. Government officials and private citizens in nations like Indonesia are perfectly aware that the US has accumulated a national debt on a scale without any precedent in human history. They know that the US must borrow vast sums every year just to continue government operations.

Giving Indonesia a few hundred million we had to borrow is going to generate about as much prestige and influence as some broke sugar daddy getting a $100 cash advance on his last credit card to give to his gold-digger.

[PGalt]

DEFUND Indonesia. DISMANTLE USAID.