... or should we?
Yet again, not all is as simple as it is purported to be.
Many who want these cuts do not care about the people foreign aid can assist. True.
Many more understand, however, over decades, how these monies have been frittered away, wasted, misspent, misdirected, stolen by dictators and given to countries operating space programmes and which are developing nuclear weapons.
0.7% to 0.5% can easily be achieved without any distress whatsoever to the poor and destitute of the world. Properly targeted, there really is no problem.