… As the country continues to climb out of economic recession and policymakers battle over the federal budget and national debt, Americans’ basic level of support for current levels of U.S. spending on efforts to improve health for people in developing countries has held relatively steady in recent years. …
As previous Kaiser surveys have found, misperceptions persist about the size of U.S. foreign aid and how aid is directed. On average, Americans think 28 percent of the federal budget is spent on foreign aid, when it is about 1 percent. CONT.
Kaiser Family Foundation