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Post by jonjel on Mar 1, 2011 15:09:59 GMT 1
Why should we continue to give aid to overseas nations?
India for example as a space programme and many billionaires, and other countries are so bloody corrupt I doubt much filters down to the people who really need it.
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Post by Progenitor A on Mar 1, 2011 17:54:23 GMT 1
Why should we continue to give aid to overseas nations? India for example as a space programme and many billionaires, and other countries are so bloody corrupt I doubt much filters down to the people who really need it. Aid to the third world is absolutely essential in my opinion. Yes there are big problems, and yes, Aid has been given indiscriminately without proper auditing and hence has enriched the corrupt leadrs in Africa and elsewhere All those problems are soluble, and should not distract us from the plight of the hungry and impoverished of the world However, aid can also become institutionalised, and like our own welfare system create dependency and idlness I think that what the government should do is to give massive tax breaks to UK companies that establish industries in Africa and such places. It is in our own inteest that the rest of the world is well off and well fed. Whether direct aid is the best route toward that I do not lknow. But certainly well-dierected aid is as essential to us as it is to the third world. For example mass population movement cannot be avoided if great disparities of wealth exist arounfd the world
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Post by jonjel on Mar 2, 2011 12:03:27 GMT 1
There are some countries that do need help, whether it be from us or elsewhere, but highlighted in the news was that we still give aid to Russia, although I gather that is about to change. And I would still ask, why did we ever give aid to Russia?
What is interesting is we see film of food aid arriving in various destinations. From the UK it seems to be largely charity funded, but from the US large sacks marked 'Made in the USA' are unloaded, so the US government in giving aid is also supporting the US economy and agriculture. And so it should.
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Post by abacus9900 on Mar 2, 2011 17:48:52 GMT 1
I've got nothing against helping impoverished people in the world but it seems to me we now have endless charity appeals from 'Red Nose Day' to BBC's Children in Need' and I think there is only so much the public will put up with, especially in these economically tough times.
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Post by marchesarosa on Mar 2, 2011 17:54:04 GMT 1
I think we should count our blessings and do what we can to help those less fortunate than us in the West both via private charity and state aid.
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