TRISH: $40 BILLION IS HOW MUCH
WE ARE SPENDING ON FOREIGN AID
JUST IN THE LAST YEAR.
WE GIVE MONEY TO RICH COUNTRIES
LIKE AUSTRIA.
WHY DOES AUSTRIA NEED OUR
TAXPAYER HARD EARNED DOLLARS?
AND WE GIVE MONEY TO COUNTRIES
WHO DON'T LIKE US VERY MUCH.
RUSSIA, $160 MILLION.
CHINA.
U.S. TAXPAYER FUNDS EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS LIKE SOCIALISM ON A
CLIENT SCALE.
THE I.S. IS TAKING CARE OF
EVERYBODY ELSE.
COULD AMERICANS USE THAT MONEY?
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW, BARTLE,
YOU AGREE WITH ME, RIGHT?
>> I THINK YOU ARE MAKING GOOD
POINTS.
I HAVE SEEN IT IN THE SOVIET
UNION, ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADE AND
INVESTMENT AND AID WHICH IS
EFFECTIVELY WELFARE.
TRISH: WHY ARE WE GIVING SOME
WEALTHY COUNTRIES WELFARE.
IF THERE IS MONEY TO SPARE,
MAYBE THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THE
WALL OR EDUCATION.
MAYBE THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS
YOU CAN DO WITH IT HERE IN THE
U.S. THAT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR
AMERICANS.
>> $40 MILLION IS IMMENSE.
THERE IS A GOOD ARGUMENT THAT WE
SHOULDN'T SPEND A PENNY ON
NON-MILITARY AID UNTIL DOCTOR
WAITING TIMES AT THE VA ARE DOWN
TO 20 MINUTES.
UNTIL THERE IS A BASEBALL
DIAMOND FOR EVERY INNER CITY
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE REAL NEEDS AT HOME.
BUT THAT SAID, GUIDE AID
PROPERLY TARGETED CAN ADVANCE
OUR INTEREST.
TRISH: I'M NOT AN ISOLATIONIST
SAYING WE SHOULD GET OUT OF
PROTECTING OURSELVES WORLDWIDE.
IF I WERE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I
IMAGINE HE'S DOING THIS RIGHT
NOW.
HE MADE A PLATFORM OUT OF THIS,
I WOULD TAKE A NICE RED PEN AND
GO THROUGH THAT LIST AND LOOK AT
WHERE WE ARE SPENDING MONEY.
WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH IT.
YOU HAVE GOT NIGERIA GETTING A
TON OF MONEY, I GUESS IN PART
BECAUSE THEY FIGURE NATURAL
RESOURCES, WHEN WANT TO HAVE
STABILITY IN THESE REGIONS.
BUT IT'S QUESTIONABLE.
A BILLION DOLLARS TO
AFGHANISTAN.
$1.1 BILLION TO IRAQ, WHY?
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET -- IN
THEORY WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO
GET SOMETHING BACK FROM IT.
WE SENT A BUSINESSMAN TO
WASHINGTON.
MAYBE HE WILL SHAKE THIS UP.
A BUSINESSMAN SHOULD LOOK AT
THESE THINGS IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENT.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS ANY OF
THESE THINGS WHICH ARE ALL IN A
SENSE A DEAL.
IT'S GOOD FOR BOTH SIDES.
SO IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD FOR THEM.
FREQUENT ARE YOU AID
TRADITIONALLY IS FAR MORE
CORRUPTING IN NUMEROUS WAYS THAN
IT'S GOOD FOR THE RECIPIENTS.
AND IS IT ANY GOOD FOR US?
WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THIS?
TRISH: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
PRIVATE SECTOR STEP UP.
WHY DOES THE U.S. TAXPAYER WHO
IS BARE LIVE GETTING BY IN MANY
CASES HAVE TO SHOULDER THAT
BURDEN.
>> THERE IS NO GREATER EARN GIN
OF END PRIEPS IN THAN INVESTING
IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
AND THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR
THE REST OF THE WORLD THAN A
STRONG AND PROSPEROUS U.S.
SO WE DON'T NEED THE GOVERNMENT
DOING THIS FOR US.
IN THE AID WORLD INVESTMENT
FINANCE IS AS RESPECTABLE
DEBATE.
MUCH, MUCH THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE
CORPORATE WE WILL FAIR.
TRISH: WE ARE GIVING $2 MILLION
TO AUSTRIA.
>> A LOT OF MADNESS.
>> BUT WE SENT A BUSINESSMAN TO
WASHINGTON.
AND THIS IS ON HIS RADAR.