Worlds biggest dont of foreign aid, but to American People know where the tax money is go. Its also funding helped to boost global stability and faced with an unprecedented climate crisis, zambia hopes charcoal production permits the Many Assembly and say the move will apply for them if the only source of energy india is the Fastest Growing major economy in the world. But the benefits of india is growth, all trickling down to poor people. The richest one percent of the population owns 40 percent of the countries wealth. The inequality gap is wiping sharply on deployment to stop by and remote these decades in power. Thats according to the world in a policy lab, and its now flash points in the Countries National elections. Hot topics include inheritance, tax and Wealth Redistribution. But the ruling brought to the out john auto policy will be j. P and the Opposition Congress policy are presenting themselves as champions of the common man. Just a reminder that the Indian Government hasnt gone to the visas to out to 0 as john list. So were covering the election from outside the country. Over consumption rates, reports in e, as in asia is which is location. Bonnie sped no expense that his youngest sons pre wedding bash. In march, i did report the cost of a 150000000. 00. It made International News to the industrialist, but the network of nearly a 112000000000. 00 is not the countries. So weve been in a india seen a rise in billing as in recent years with 94 added this year. Its become an electronic issue in the own gluten free elections. The plumbing has been range. A movie is seeking a search to deal position has accused the governing bgp of say, bring the bridge to come. Recess is selected. It will conduct a National Cost census to address growing in the quantities between income and valves on there. The b g p has waved off the debts of 22. 00 businessmen, but we will be transforming the lives of millions of people and their families. From mr. Movie says the Congress Plans to redistribute the countries belts are better than what it is that a god of they said, most lives have the 1st right over the nations. Well, this means they will collect peoples wells and distributes it to whom to those who have more children. To the info try to is. India is both in equality, has widened on the move. These tenure, the richest one percent of the population on 40 percent of the countries both according to data from folds. Industrial is growth and madonnas network rose from nearly 7000000000. 20, to nearly 82000000000 this year. Nearly a 1000000000 people are eligible to vote in india is generally elections. That concludes on june. First, for many, rising unemployment and inflation is a major concern. Without the use, they keep saying theyll eradicate poverty. But it seems they bought eradicate the paul j. Well, they may, i bid, the issues are rising prices and unemployment. There is no work. Children are roaming around aimless and jobless in india is among the Fastest Growing economies in the world, but many tuned up to vote. Se disrupting to find a stable income of consumption, grief on to see the for counting the cost. Another fact to believe, to be Holding Equality in india back is the cost system of hierarchy based on ones bus. The concept divides induced by the familys place in society, discrimination against people from certain cost is officially illegal in india. But active is say that its still because there are laws in place to ensure spots in jobs and universities for so called shed your cost citizens. But Rights Groups say they dont go far enough. One of the Things Holding fact these efforts is im gonna create a data on how many people belong to which cost opposition politicians are pushing for a more complete census. But a faced resistance from the beach ape government of joining us not from new delhi in india is out on coma and economist, an author of the book d monitors monetize ation. And the black economy good to have you with a set so. So why have the benefits of india as rapid Economic Growth been so unevenly distributed . To choose to be not g bush and the more any closer than most other economy. So it depends on the system. What country part of your system via phone or the system in which i would lodge on all night sick job which employed in 94 percent of the workforce is daunting. Amazing. And then you have the income, you have to be saving. So the more income you have, the more savings you have, and therefore whats happening is the incomes are concentrated in the hands of cheap percent of the population and just saving a lot. So the road then developed is increasing. But down to the 94 percent of the 200000000. 00 people who used to it on a 14 set up by the government for these people and 90 percent reported earnings just been 120. 00 per month. So you can imagine begun to save anything, but its a bit all steve and not so desinik or des, a structural problem, and they can do the economy, read the unorganized sector ons. They do the all nice sector and especially those businesses beyond much more. So what do you make of the pay thats raging at the moment about wealth re distribution . Is that a good idea or a bad idea could put it even be achieved . You know, bank, if you need quarterly, it depends on the income inequality. If you reduce the incoming inc, warranty by creating more employment as your, as a bar. So just lots of wonderful people under employed or unemployed. Definitely they have no income. If youre generate more employment, people have more income and then that the quantity of the decline. So youre going to actually take money from somebody and then view dispute what, what youre doing is you levy maybe on both drugs or reducing the kind and you called you. And then you have an inheritance tax or across generations. So that a beavens dont boss on the road to dogs, siblings, and therefore you know that he wont be a crunch. Anderson declines. So in other words, you know, these have been so history to the international level. Theres something called the hicks, im is different issue of taxation receive if you have road then you are unable as compared to somebody else. And i just had just an income to a registrar position comes from that. Im from the able to do to be argument of income taxation. But i can imagine particularly the issue of inheritance tax being quite a politically contentious issue. Thats the way we present it. But actually believe the adult cheapest and have a bill which could be taxed or in her desk which could be taxed is not to give it to 97 percent. But the way its presented is ive just been in the last name actually be taxed. So its suggested that the government would be like a robin hood, but thats paul from the reality globally. If you look at martin, wilfrid and various other rich people in america, there be seeing that capitalism can also via, under the rich bay and more taxes. And he said that his secretary ones maybe dont functional. What do you ours, be the hard tax . They should of biden also present bite and also said the same thing. So in other words, the rich have to pay more taxes if capital that was just the why . Because it going to be used to shorted up the mon, the keys to political and social problems and the economy. And therefore, you required to reduce any car deep and therefore both tax issue that United States or something that can be used to reduce the warranty across generations also. So from what youll say, despite the arguments by many who say that the Wealth Redistribution would hinder indias Economic Growth, it would, it would actually do the opposite. The right side. Actually, you know this, the party in both ways not as if it suddenly com is being great. What it means is that the systems are really against the poor people is that more employment is behind more robust here. These 2 are the, comes their best with also brought into a unique warranty. Would not be so much. Thats why the country has been at any point in much less seniors. 137 frank and book outstanding go because of tard, largest number of billing is so even germany and japan, which have a but kept income 20 times. Oh, they have to be in the us. What it means is that almost systems have a new quote. The way the technology dismissal people, the we the investment factors or 6 percent of the population, the old and i said to ignore 50 percent of the investment for the 92 percent. You have wanted 20 percent of the investment and put those in agriculture. 46 percent of the work for you only 5 percent investment. So the more investment you have on top of the, the more of the income, the less the investment but kept understands the income. So the kind of these being balances in the economy, read the governments policy to be able to organize sector against the an organized sector. So thats how to change just briefly. So what do you make of the private associations that the, the congress is arguing when it talks about redistribution wells for taking money from hindus and giving it to muslims . Well, thats the election argument of been actually the Prime Minister and one who started off the the non comment on the page. And then he was saying that you, the different you, youve got and these are various things youll have more than 400 seats and bond a man, et cetera. Now hes finding that thats not what that what hes going on, a comment on the card read. Hes, you know, saying that it was dreams of being saved by the congress, which is not the case. Actually the most grims i, one of the most deprived segments in the, in the system there was that important 2006 receptive d r, the most deprived is not in the context. And do you need something . So what sort of parameters go doing based on that diagnostics . 7 feet seem to Prime Minister said the student that would be supported. But when you support the plot, it doesnt mean you support a community that are and then also what, what like from, for instance, the dynamics on the other untouchables and people like that. So what the communist manifesto saying is that we have support for them is not just muslims, are the one called me to deal with the other traditional election strategy. The de brian list is adopted even though just to dig back. You said i would not give you the comment card, but you had been using the common card from time to time. Really good to talk to somebody. Thank some date for being with us on tomorrow. Thank you and thank you. American military hardware continues to kill palestinians, the us as the israel, and they have violated humanitarian law using american weapons. And its war on concept pressure is growing on president joe binding to end up Ministry Support is rather some of the biggest recipients of americans for an age funded mainly by tax payers dollars. Many americans without questioning whether washington spends too much money to support its allies. Opponents say that funding could be better spent at home developing us infrastructure and defending borders in 2022 total us for an a top 70000000000. 00 for the 1st time in 70 years fuel plants, military support, as well as you crane. Its on track to smash through that record in 2024. In april Congress Approved the 95000000000. 00 spending bill. That includes 61000000000. 00 for ukraine and 26000000000. 00 for is where the weapons is. What us few minutes in the and i to palestinians tools are increasing for the us to use its leverage with israel to force it to hold its war on concept for us. President joe biden has been pushing for more assistance to praying for months and hailed the passage of the bill as a winning for american allies. Its going to make a man coach schafer, this going to make the world safer, and it continues americas leadership in the world. And everyone knows, gives vital support to americas partners. And so they can defend themselves against the rest of their sovereignty and the lives and freedom of their citizens. And as an investment, our own security. Because when our allies are stronger and i want to make this for and again and again, when our allies are stronger, we are stronger, but just weak slice of life and made his strongest condemnation. Yes, of his rails was saying that the us would not supply offensive weapons to israel if it invited rough up when moving a 1000000 palestinians have been sheltering. Civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence on those farms and other ways in which they go after populations. I made it clear that if i go into rafa, i havent gone on roughly yet. They go into rough or im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with profits. However, the us to set to send is where the new weapons package with more than a 1000000000. 00, if its approved by congress. Republicans have criticized by them for conditioning aid israel, and theyve also expressed opposition to continued support for ukraine. Republican house pickup mike johnson, overcame pushed back from his own policy and held the vote, released billions in ministry and tremendous area and support. Now remember that 80 percent of the ukraine funding will go to the replenishment of american weapons in stocks and our facilities in our operations. It also includes stuff, measures, and sections on iran, in russia and china, which most of the American People understand is a necessity in a very important thing. Ive said it very simply, ill say it once again. Its an old military adage, but we would rather send bullets to the conflict overseas then our own voice, our troops. The yearly expenditure only amounts to one percent of the total federal budget. Although some survey showed that American Voters think that a close of the tax dollars go overseas, we spoke to some americans to get the views on foreign aid. I know, like i think most americans are aware that like, like 70 to 80 percent of our taxpaying is going towards military funding. I mean, specifically like spending it on like china sides. I think its important. You know me, us is powerful country. We have a lot of resources, i think now we should help other countries and they need it. You know, i think its Something Like we spend less than one percent of our annual budget and for an age suddenly roughly like that. Im not sure of 4 days of effective this or if we should be spending more, we should be doing it in another way. I think it creates a lot of dependencies that arent healthy for other countries in terms of the subsidies that we give. But i think overall we should be giving more to a crisis situations like gaza. I mean, i would probably estimate we use, i know we sub contractor for an a lot. So its not necessary the United States government directly supplying it. But i know that a lot of it came, went to afghanistan and iraq during those years. Now, i dont think we are not the leading contributor for an aide to african countries anymore. Now thats china, but theyre doing more. Oh, well lady, what the war is going on. Yeah, this is, ive been hearing reports of billions of chosen dollars going to or thats the, you know, hopefully this work and so on. And we get back to normal and provide back to our country. Now, over the last 10 years, the u. S. Has provided nearly a trillion dollars in foreign assistance, including humanitarian ministry at economic aid figure is a cost change from year to year with disasters or conflicts boosting funds to different places. But since the end of world war 2, the majority of aid has shifted from rebuilding europe to maintaining influence, managing conflicts, and responding to humanitarian crises in the middle east and africa. In 2023, the top 5 recipients of usaid for ukraine, israel, ethiopia, jordan, and egypt that followed by afghanistan, somalia, human, congo, and pots of syria that are not under the control of damascus. The us increased support that off the february 2023 of quakes hit the countrys northwest. Joining us not from sidney is brendan oconnor. Hes a professor of us politics and us Foreign Relations at the university of sydney go to have you. But its brendan. So how much of the us budget actually goes to farm aid and how does that compare to how much other countries spend . Well, the us is the largest economy in the world, gives about 9 and a half 1000000000. 00 and foreign id. Yeah, this is well below the wrong promise target of. Ready about one percent of g d p to foreign i United States because about a 0. 23 percent of its gd pay, the strongest performers. Ready that regard the. Ready scan. Ready in countries. Ready white swedens givings closer to the one percent of to the pay target of japan does slip down considerably in recent years and its far night as well. So theres, you know, theres a many needs out there in terms of famine, in terms of economic deprivation. Ready around the world, but we dont usually count military 8 entirely in foreign 8. In recent times, United States has given 41000000000. 00 since february 2022 and. Ready then you crying to the started in the slightest price with the russian invasion. So counting military i in the foreign height is, is complicated or controversial. And this is, i suppose. Ready as in youre leading package talking about israel, this is obviously a very culture. Ready issue issue with this route being a pretty wealthy country fire per capita g d p. Then spying by the japan these days, 5 and country i come from new zealand site. It is a fairly Strong Economy on a global sense, but still receiving around 3. 00 to 5. 00. Ready 1000000000. 00 and i. Ready actually miller tr. Ready died from the United States every year. How much of that but ministry 8 actually come straight back into the u. S. Benefits that, that the military industrial complex. Yeah. Great questionnaire. Nearly all of it, in most cases of military either the United States gets means other nations of buying american technology. American choose way from great, but israel has a few exceptions to this is rose. I would spend some of that i on its own uh in its own military. Ready industries within israel did not have partnerships with United States, so it has some degree of freedom a bit. Ready more often than other countries in this regard, you probably heard all very unscientific straw poll we spoke to americans. How to add onto the street. Do you think that us taxpayers really know how much of of the tax dollars goes towards providing military assistance rather than humanitarian aid is not really. I think its one of those of skewered issues of this very effective lobby. Great. So certain countries and those lovely curts get a lot of support from the congress and then the congress creates a threshold. And then the find that demonstration or any president reaches up to that threshold. I think that americans in general and sort of i. Ready believe they could move far night, then like there are many americans, like people in a lot of countries, probably with the country. I was looking at a strategy, it doesnt have a to break. So the detailed grass of a lot of details as far as the fees in general, americans are in favor of giving money to poor people, but they dont want to pay for it themselves. And thats similar to far night. Most people are 5 or if the idea of humanitarian assistance, particularly, but they dont want to see text prize money used to book for our night sites. That obviously is one of those contradictions. We can have one without the other, but we see that pretty consistently of a time and surveys and tests that you are set conditions when it gives for an aide. For instance, does it only give 2 countries political objectives and levels of democracy . A similar or a spy to be like its own. Does any of this money end up being misused by autocratic leaders . For example. Well, well leave all of the above and then you can find pretty a plenty of examples before an ice has been. Ready used where its used for very politic wise, which is to die in economic axis and to cite the congo at the moment. Ready which is the vice of the largest. Ready peroration is very valuable minerals there. So the concern and interest about that part of the world, which is at some level genuine thats being caribou. Some was terrible, did 1000 in the congo, but it was so. Ready there are you know, valuable. Ready very valuable to the special window resources which the United States and other countries are very concerned about the site. Yeah, theres often a specific reason to give the i, one of the interesting things that the Trump Administration is that to, to kind of neglect of some of these issues. It continues on during the Trump Administration because they dont get down to that level of detail. Possibly a pointing investment is to. Ready a lot of countries will take me a long time to and one of the consent to be the real sort of levels of humanitarian. I will. Ready elect donald trump, the more active on that front and i people. Ready ready are concerned with this of games giving fire and i, and some of these cuts which we sort of immigration, for instance refugee and then takes them to the United States, will that it will start to with foreign aid. And well say 2nd, Trump Administration professor. Its been great to talk to you brandon, and thanks very much and thanks for being with us on counting the cost. My pleasure. The president drove by and those ramped up terrorist on the 18000000000. 00 worth of chinese imports linked to the electric vehicles, advanced batteries. So a sales steel. I leave it in a medical equipment. The white house said demetrius, were in response to unfair policies and aim to protect american workers, china, oppose the hikes, and said that it would take retaliatory action. And well be discussing all of this in a future edition of counting the cost apple as apologize for making a new i ipad commercial that showed at industrial compressor, crushing tools of music and create to the, to the company said its marketing decision from miss the mark. Of trip faced a backlash from designers, actors office. They have a seen as a metaphor of how big tank has cashed in on their work office to worry that onto official intelligence, which can write poetry and create movies may even take the jobs away. Prices of culpa getting red hot on International Markets rising recently to a 2 year high on the metals exchange. The metal is important to the Green Energy Transition and the manufacturing of electric vehicles, power grids and wind turbines. The price riley is fueled by lack of investment in new minds, supply risks, and the prospects of growing demand for such metals. An want to cancel oil flights and rounded the planes up to the line went bankrupt. Thousands of passengers were stranded in the small Pacific Island nation to bump on to the island the allied while that has been struggling with labor shortages, rising operating costs and weather related issues in recent years. Tourism accounts for 48 percent of the nations g. D. P. A Business Owners feel effective about the front of the airlines grounding of zambia as customer. This stopping charcoal from being produced in several districts and is to say the move is needed to fight Climate Change, but many people rely on it to cook food and for their livelihoods. And so they have no alternative source of energy. Ill just say it was kind of a task that reports a drought in zambia means the cuba, hydro power station con, generate enough electricity. A lot more families are using talk or for fuel because of routing blackouts. Its cheaper to buy than gas or petrol for getting right is but the government has banned the production of charcoal in some areas saying the practice is kidding environment and needs to stop. Samuel 20 they can sell it back of charcoal for 6. 00 at the market number to 9670. 00. I was born in 1967, and i have been making and selling chuck or since i was a small boy. Its all my father is these families. Its how i have been providing for my wife and children. Chuckle is made by shoveling swell onto a kiln, the wooden sidebands with little oxygen leaving the black, copper residues for other people. Again, find a taco is a lifeline full half that money. Shes one of thousands in the capital. The 2nd who can afford to always buy electricity. Oh my gosh, i do. Most of my i used the chuckle to cook beans and food for my children. I also boil water, so my children can, but this button will be bid for us. But the government sees the destruction of trees is contributing to Climate Change and government leaders say a bad on charcoal is necessary to protect whats left of the country sparse. And the current drought brought on by the el nino with this a dominant is being made, was by deforestation, and the degradation of land big additions and believe it to one committees wanted to make a statement there that yeah, pretty much the rules that allowed and check will be going back every year. Theyll be not shuffled many a chuckle. Production is an age old Cultural Practice in zambia, passed on from one generation to another is to just translate policy induction. That means we got to mobilize, it means of implementation Capacity Technology under surface to go. And not only just a make people aware, but has been with us to transition to get to change is also in these different families. Sometimes make additional cashed by southern clubs to grow in the fields, but it lack of rain the season has wiped out the harvest. And to say the governments ban on charco production is adding to they hutcher when they are already struggling to cope with that. So the drought and the rising cost of living, how do we tests out of the, for counting the cost . And thats a show for this week if youd like to comment on anything that youve seen, im at a finnegan on x trying to remember to use the hash tag a j, c t c. Or you could drop us a line counting the cost of out a 0. Dont net is our email address, as always, has plenty more few online. But how does 0 dot com slash c t c . That takes you straight to a page, and then youll find individual reports, links, an entire additions for you to catch up on that is it for this edition of counting the cost . Im adrian said again from the team here in though how, thanks for being with us, but use on. I was just the euro dispatched. Why have american evangelicals become this real strongest . Backer is us president. Youll find the right to stand with this really with no red line, as long as us support continues. Is there anything that can stop is real, solve on concept, from going on in . Definitely a quizzical look at us politics. The bottom line is team in the gaza strip, as is the last continues. Theres a deliberate mission of posting and humanity in western media. And it needs to be questioned, sustains coverage that actively humanize as, as readings and actively humanizes palestinians. This is not the time for doing this to kind of wait tracking those stories, examining the journalism and the effect that News Coverage can have on democracies everywhere. Here, at the listening post, the us is always of in 554, right . The world people Pay Attention to this one here, and ill just see this very good. Theyre bringing the news to the world from here in the brazilian amazon, a star portrayal of the ongoing tragedy faced by the general money people. For years they have borne the brunt of the legal mining activities. Their rivers poisoned with mercury, rendering water, im drinkable and fish inedible. In 2023, pressed and losing us, one of us to sent a National Task force to expel the invaders from the reserve. More than the year has gone by and nothing has changed. Illegal miners return every day. We see their clients coming and going present lula has promised to help deforestation to increase the number of indigenous reserves for self Indigenous People here say theyve come to realize that having Government Support is not enough. Theyre still facing strong resistance from the powerful form lobby in congress to the same vill expand the fight from their villages to the countrys court rooms and electing their own politicians to save their lives. The cottage in garza does as a pot of stadiums have been killed in a series of his ready attacks and refugee camps in the north. As well as the Southern City of ruffled in central garza homes and another refugee camp have come under attack. At least 22 people have been killed there. The no, im about to center. This is all just 0 live from go home. Also coming up white police instead of the crack down and protest as calling for new elections