[ClearCase_guy]

7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN? A: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan ).

Anyone know what the US spends in foreign aid each year? I'm sure it's not 40 billion, but I think it's over $10 billion. And I'm sure Germany and France also make heavy contributions to provide the world with "essentials".

[William McKinley]

In 1995 it was up to just over 12.5 billion per year.

Hey, with that huge oil reserve, how much does Iraq contribute to providing the necessities of life for those the UN says could have it with a mere 40 billion?

[An.American.Expatriate]

The following figures are in constant 1996 US Dollars:

Total Foreign Aid per from 1996 through 2002 (all figures in Millions):

1962 29,398
1963 11,547
1964 24,406
1965 22,561
1966 22,573
1967 22,488
1968 22,493
1969 18,970
1970 16,855
1971 15,202
1972 16,406
1973 13,497
1974 17,188
1975 19,418
1976 16,403
1977 14,977
1978 16,538
1979 15,213
1980 23,505
1981 21,967
1982 19,261
1983 17,731
1984 22,638
1985 22,304
1986 19,039
1987 15,253
1988 13,289
1989 11,214
1990 16,295
1991 17,972
1992 17,663
1993 18,450
1994 17,901
1995 16,821
1996 13,496
1997 14,978
1998 12,681
1999 14,500
2000 15,971
2001 15,784
2002 18,535
Total 733,381

Source: US Treasury Department & US State Department

[buccaneer81]

Anyone know what the US spends in foreign aid each year? I'm sure it's not 40 billion, but I think it's over $10 billion

Not even close! We're offering Turkey $26 billion for the use of it's bases for our troops. That's almost two years of NASA's budget.