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Originally Posted by Sirius
Sorry but that is a different as they were supporting us in a war they were involved in as well, also did we not pay it back and has any of the countries who hold out the begging bowl paid any of there aid back ?
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The US government paid out $44 billion after WW2 for reconstruction under the Marshall Plan. They did not get it back in direct cash terms but the US economy has benefited many times over from the creation of a stable European market into which it can sell its goods and services. Aid that works creates stable overseas territories into which we can send goods, not soldiers.