[The Dude]

I tend to spend my disposable income rather compulsively, rather than planning it out. One reason I'm not as bothered by this as I should be is because I give very compulsively as well.

If a large enough majority of Americans felt strongly enough that tax dollars shouldn't be spent in international aid, then it wouldn't be spent that way. Obviously enough people think it's a good idea to use tax dollars for this kind of aid, so it gets used.