You might think that the U.S. is already doing too much and spending way too much money on foreign aid given to unknown countries in the developing world. Why should you care about the world’s poor when there are so many problems at home? And even then, what can you do? It may seem so overwhelming.
The answer is that it isn’t — and The Borgen Project works to make that clear to Congress. The U.S. currently spends just about 1 percent of its budget on foreign aid, way behind many other Western countries.
The truth is, when everyone is better off, everyone benefits.