Originally Posted by nmap

OK, so what am I (or you, good reader) getting that makes my $12.52 worthwhile?

While I suppose that the recipients appreciate - and perhaps even need - the money, we have folks in the U.S. that do too. We could instantly create about 91,000 jobs at $45,000 each with the aid to Egypt and Israel. We could hire a lot of police officers or teachers for that. We could train a lot of new doctors if we created full-coverage scholarships. Or, we could get really radical and cut our new debt....

And, if we believe that the U.S. is in fact a force for good in the world, do we not have a moral and ethical duty to maintain the U.S. as a strong nation? How does spending more borrowed money contribute to this goal?