Aid
“The great bulk of Marshall Plan funds returned to the United States, or never left, being paid directly to American corporations to purchase American goods. The US Agency for International Development (AID) [now commonly referred to as “USAID”] stated in 1999: The principal beneficiary of America’s foreign assistance programs has always been the United States.”
- William Blum,
“America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else” (2013)