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“Europe’s rebound owed more to trade than charity; our largesse just padded foreign budgets while ours rotted.”
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania

On this day, April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman greenlit the Marshall Plan, sending $13 billion to rebuild post-WWII Europe. Touted as a communist stopper, it kicked off a habit of endless foreign aid—trillions since, with billions still flowing yearly. Europe’s rebound owed more to trade than charity; our largesse just padded foreign budgets while ours rotted.

This set a precedent for global handouts we can’t afford. The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania says stop. Our money belongs here—fixing roads, not foreign capitals. Charity’s noble; forced subsidies aren’t.

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