That should have been a main theme in coverage of the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina last night. At one point, Senator Clinton complained about Senator Obama's big-spending plans and singled out his plans for foreign aid. Currently, the United States spends approximately $3 billion a year on foreign aid This is approximately equal to $10 per person per year or 0.1 percent of total government spending.
The fact Senator Clinton is singling out Senator Obama's spending proposals for foreign aid as being unaffordable suggests that she is either unfamiliar with the budget, or had some other motive in exaggerating the potential cost of Obama's foreign aid proposals. In either case, this should have been a central theme in reporting on the debate.
A second Trump administration will cement a right-wing majority on the Supreme Court for a generation, and put our collective future in the hands of someone who will be virtually unchecked by our institutions. The country has shifted rightward, and the reverberations will ensue for potentially the next few decades. In this climate, a robust independent media ecosystem will be more important than ever. We're committed to bringing you the latest news on how Trump's agenda will actually affect the American people, shining a light on the stories corporate media overlooks and keeping the public informed about how power really works in this country.
Quality journalism is expensive to produce, and we don't have corporate backers to rely on to fund what we do. Everything we do is thanks to our incredible community of readers, who chip in a few dollars at a time to make our work possible. Any amount you give today will help us continue reporting on what matters to our democracy.
