Yeah Nuke.....wouldn't it be great if the US would stop being so selfish and start spending.....I dunno.....say 53.9 billion dollars per year, with a goal of doubling that amount by 2015.... on issues like:

(USAID 2010 key goal areas)

III. SELECTED KEY INTEREST AREAS
A. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 184
Avian Influenza ............................................................................................................... 185
Basic Education ............................................................................................................... 186
Biodiversity .................................................................................................................... 189
Clean energy .................................................................................................................... 191
Family Planning and Reproductive Health ...................................................................... 193
Food Security ................................................................................................................... 195
Global Climate Change .................................................................................................... 199
Higher Education ............................................................................................................ 202
vi HIV/AIDS ........................................................................................................................ 204
Malaria ............................................................................................................................. 207
Maternal and Child Health ............................................................................................... 208
Microenterprise and Microfinance................................................................................... 211
Other Public Health Threats ............................................................................................ 213
Polio ................................................................................................................................. 215
Trade Capacity Building .................................................................................................. 216
Trafficking in Persons ...................................................................................................... 219
Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership .................................................................. 221
Tuberculosis ..................................................................................................................... 222
Water ............................................................................................................................... 224
IV. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PERFORMANCE REPORTING AND PLANNING
A. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 226
Achieving Peace and Security ......................................................................................... 229
Governing Justly and Democratically ............................................................................. 244
Investing in People .......................................................................................................... 254
Economic Growth ............................................................................................................ 272
Humanitarian Assistance ................................................................................................. 286


This does not include the US's financial and executive participation in things like the MCF, World Bank, and the UN. Just because the average American isn't informed enough to know these programs exist doesn't mean they don't.