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US Involvement In Foreign Affairs
The involvement of United States in Foreign Affairs and Economy.
For many years, the topic of whether the U.S is responsible for the well-being of other countries has an ongoing debate that is currently alarming countries. Being argued in places like "danger cities", state supreme courts, governments, and the white house, has brought panic to the people. While the principal and traditional role of a big brother is to defend their little ones, many people, myself included, oppose to this idea in such situation.
"Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate people and harmony with honesty is always the best policy." Once said ex-president George Washington. In response, President Barack Obama believes we should provide help to
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Because more tax credit has to be paid as interest on the national debt, less is available for the services for our government to provide. Over time, this will cause people to experience a lower standard of living. Eventually, companies will raise prices and services, causing people to pay more for goods and services. As we can see with the national debt, numbers can get big and scary if we don’t pay attention and inflation will be as a result.
Proof of my scary theory would be the explanation portrayed in the article "US National Debt Clock" where it says the US has exceeded more than $17 trillion dollars. Even worse, the Debt-to-GDP ratio is nearly one hundred percent. For most countries, that is an unsustainable level. For this reason outsiders have faith the US will help them
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be responsible for the well-being of other countries? Of course not. After seeing this evidence, there is no way we can agree with what others say. This unnecessary debt will ultimately be paid back by our children and grandchildren and we do not want that to happen. Children will be born with a responsibility that does not belong to them. It is this way the United States will imprison citizens forever. Whether the U.S. is or isn't responsible for the well-being of other countries is something that should NOT debatable for us. For myself, I do oppose to this idea. I know I’m not only speaking on my behalf but also many unknown identities whose answers will be the same. No. I do not believe in helping other countries when we don’t get even minimum

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