wow someone in the world GETS it !
African aid = international welfare.
The aid IS the problem the same as the aid IS the problem here in the US.
I met a guy who worked for the World Bank and lived in Africa who said the same thing. The thug dictators exaggerate a crisis knowing full well the do-gooders on the planet will throw money at it and never check the results.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and you won't see him for the rest of the week.
ping
Bump
Aid reinforces the superstition that "big daddy" government will provide, instead of relying on the work ethic, democracy, self-management of private property, etc.
And Daniel Patrick Moynihan's formulation of this same simple truism:
If you subsidize helplessness, you will get more of it. The market responds!
The more things change the more they remain the same.
But the bureaucrats and politicians hands are gentle, smooth and clean.
It's just part of that suite of perversions known as 'Canadian Values'.
interesting article on Africa and aid
How do we get this to the Big 8??
Wow!
I hope Rush picks this up, talks about it on-air, and links to it on his web site.
This is spot on!
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Good article from an honest man.
The principle he expresses is universal, and as pointed out in other posts, can be seen here as well as in Africa. There are third-generation welfare queens here who have no life plan other than remain on the dole.
The disincentive to work created by welfare in Africa is indeed devastating that continent.
Why should American taxpayers be forced to fork over part of their hard-earned money to any foreign welfare program, especially when it does more harm than good?
I have already e-mailed my representative and one of my senators to oppose Mr. Bush's proposed give-away to Africa. But I'm not sanguine about the prospect of stopping this boondoggle. Not only does the administration spend like crazy at home, it looks for opportunities to increase our deficit with foreign welfare programs!
Excellent interview! Just sent a link to Senator Norm Coleman, with comments.
Oh, come now. I get e-mail every day from industrious young Nigerians looking for investors and business partners.
-ccm
Such intentions have been damaging our continent for the past 40 years. If the industrial nations really want to help the Africans, they should finally terminate this awful aid. The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor... Huge bureaucracies are financed (with the aid money), corruption and complacency are promoted, Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent. In addition, development aid weakens the local markets everywhere and dampens the spirit of entrepreneurship that we so desperately need. As absurd as it may sound: Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa's problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn't even notice. Only the functionaries would be hard hit. Which is why they maintain that the world would stop turning without this development aid.