Subsidizing American farmers is not a valid justification for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The USAID logo in the background with a sketch of a handshake in the foreground | Illustration: Lex Villena; Midjourney

(Illustration: Lex Villena; Midjourney)

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hosted a hearing on Thursday to discuss eliminating waste by the foreign aid bureaucracy. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.) objected to the 90-day pause on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the grounds that doing so would hurt American farmers. Of all the arguments that can be made in defense of USAID, subsidizing foreign demand for American agricultural products misdirects resources from charity to self-dealing.https://reason.com/2025/02/14/why-is-foreign-aid-going-to-american-farmers/

By Jack Nicastro

Posted by The NON-Conformist