This saving taxpaying money by denying foreign aid at times reminds of Roman imperial governments (since many on the right are obsessed with ancient Rome) cutting payments to their neighbors.
One way the Romans dealt with border security at times was to prop up clients on their borders, who acted thus as a buffer as with the Romans paying them they had quite a stake in defending the empire. But when hawkish new imperial governments decided to cut that payment the disgruntled former client turned on them and began to raid and ravage Roman lands, creating damage that cost far more than the subsidy would have been.
Good example. Yeah, so much of this is a way to posture as being about cutting money, saving funds, etc. but the cost of the effects of those cuts will be felt. It's also not saving money basically any way you look at it, as you and I have explained!
This saving taxpaying money by denying foreign aid at times reminds of Roman imperial governments (since many on the right are obsessed with ancient Rome) cutting payments to their neighbors.
One way the Romans dealt with border security at times was to prop up clients on their borders, who acted thus as a buffer as with the Romans paying them they had quite a stake in defending the empire. But when hawkish new imperial governments decided to cut that payment the disgruntled former client turned on them and began to raid and ravage Roman lands, creating damage that cost far more than the subsidy would have been.
Good example. Yeah, so much of this is a way to posture as being about cutting money, saving funds, etc. but the cost of the effects of those cuts will be felt. It's also not saving money basically any way you look at it, as you and I have explained!