US should take care of its own people

According to the 2014 census of the United States, 6.8 percent of the US population or roughly 22 million people live in deep poverty. Income below fifty percent of the federal poverty level is defined as deep or extreme poverty. The figure is bewildering for the US, one of the richest nations in the world. The current federal poverty level income of a US family of four is $24,000.00 a year, which means that the same family earning $12,000.00 a year is in extreme poverty.

On the other hand, the US is spending billions of dollars in foreign aid every year. The US planned foreign assistance for the FY 2016 is $33.7 billion (source:http://beta.foreignassistance.gov/). The US government is spending this huge amount of money in order to influence and gain hegemony over foreign nations.