Foreign Aid
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The LP Platform Currently Reads
The Issue: The federal government has
used foreign aid as a tool of influencing the policy of other sovereign nations
under the guise of aiding needy people in those nations. This forces American
taxpayers to subsidize governments and policies of which they may not approve.
The Principle: Individuals should not
be coerced via taxes into funding a foreign nation or group.
Solutions: All foreign aid should be
voluntarily funded by individuals or private organizations.
Transitional Action: Eliminate all
tax-supported military, economic, technical and scientific aid to foreign
governments or other organizations. Abolish government underwriting of arms
sales. Abolish all federal agencies that make American taxpayers guarantors
of export-related loans, such as the Export-Import Bank and the Commodity
Credit Corporation. End the participation of the U.S. government in international
commodity circles that restrict production, limit technological innovation
and raise prices. Repeal all prohibitions on individuals or firms contributing
or selling goods and services to any foreign country or organization, unless
such provision constitutes a direct threat to the people of the United States.
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