I have no problem with India doing whatever it wants and prioritising certain th...

inapis · on June 13, 2019

Don't fret. Foreign aid to India is rapidly declining. In fact, for the past 3 years India has been a net donor of aid than a receiver[1].

Total US Aid to India is also rapidly declining on a year-on-year basis. $180M in 2016, $102M in 2017, $85M in 2018, $30M (so far) in 2019.[2]

[1] http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/mar/22/emerging-...

[2] https://explorer.usaid.gov/cd/IND?fiscal_year=2019&measure=O...

Tepix · on June 13, 2019

If a poor country spends all its money feeding its citizens chances are it will stay poor.

If they invest in the future chances are there will be better jobs in the future and less hungry people.

dev_north_east · on June 13, 2019

Yeah I don't see what that has to do with my comment. I don't want my taxes sent to subsidise their space industry, nuke program or military. Not a big ask really.

4BxHkLgUVBG · on June 13, 2019

True, but aids are used to project soft power and also to get lucrative defense deals with India and which USA did get billions so that tone really is unwarranted

dev_north_east · on June 13, 2019

I don't live in the US.

amrx431 · on June 14, 2019

> I do object to my taxes funding foreign aid to a country that have a well developed nuke program, a big military and a burgeoning space industry

Talk to your elected representatives about that.

worldexplorer · on June 17, 2019

Where is the foreign aid given to India to develop its space industry? Never heard of it before.

eastern · on June 13, 2019

This discussion is about India. Why are you bringing in Israel?

dev_north_east · on June 14, 2019

I see what you did there. But I don't live in the US, if I did I would feel the same about that funding.