Skip to comments.
MONEY WILL NOT CURE GLOBAL POVERTY*Since the 1980s Africa has received over $450 billion
ncpa.org ^
| July 14, 2008
Posted on 07/14/2008 9:12:54 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-37 last
To: InvisibleChurch
The cure for poverty is not money but private property.
21
posted on
07/14/2008 10:12:56 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(I will veto each and every beer)
To: InvisibleChurch
“Since the 1980s Africa has received over $450 billion”
Used to fund bloody civil wars and retirement plans for dictators.
22
posted on
07/14/2008 10:18:41 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: Spok
“Used to fund bloody civil wars and retirement plans for dictators.”
Come to think of it, an argument could be made that the infusion of so much money is partially responsible for the bloodshed and oppression.
23
posted on
07/14/2008 10:21:33 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: Reagan Man
“Social engineering and wealth redistribution doesnt work.”
Nope.
But Daddy staying home, certainly does.
24
posted on
07/14/2008 10:25:22 AM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: Reagan Man
“Social engineering and wealth redistribution doesnt work.”
Nope.
But Daddy staying home, certainly does.
25
posted on
07/14/2008 10:25:24 AM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: freespirited
The following statement of Erin Wildermuth proves that this is doomed to fail fixing our current system to make it fairer. When you see the word FAIRER you know that they are talking about SOCIALISM. The reason these people are poor is because of socialist governments that prohibit capitalism and property rights. Socialism ALWAYS leads to starvation and poverty. Only unrestricted capitalism can save them. Our country will follow if Obama and the Dems get their health care and carbon tax.
26
posted on
07/14/2008 10:30:13 AM PDT
by
Exton1
To: Reagan Man
I completely agree with you, let the states choose to help people the way they think is right. My point is limited help, no matter who supplies it. Either help yourself after a hand up, or not, its up to the individual. The easier it is to survive off of what is just given to you the more who will.
27
posted on
07/14/2008 10:52:31 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: InvisibleChurch
Since the 1980s Africa has received over $450 billion
In the 50's the nuns had us collect change for the starving kids in Africa
50 some odd years later, here we are, in the same place.
The definition of insanity has, i think, finally been validated.
To: InvisibleChurch
....Since the 1980s Africa has received over $450 billion
Exsqueeze me but *BLANK* AFRICA.
The USA doesn't owe Africa diddle. Africa was carved up into nice little colonies of EUROPEAN EMPIRES. From Egypt to the Cape and Kenya to Morocco - European Empires ruled it, its their friggen problem, not ours.
The UK, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, etc should be shoveling out for their past deeds which created this mess, not the USA.
Screw em all!
/rant
29
posted on
07/14/2008 11:03:25 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(I have guns in my nightstand because a Cop won't fit)
To: alloysteel
There was a PBS documentary last year about a tribe in Africa that plants millett every spring, then pray to their gods for rain. If it rains, they eat. If it doesn't, they get hungry.
Their whole lives revolved around millet. There were seemingly no new ideas. For centuries.
30
posted on
07/14/2008 12:09:17 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
Comment #31 Removed by Moderator
To: InvisibleChurch
Many of these poverty ridden African states have vast natural resources including oil and could be as rich as the Arab Gulf states. What is keeping them in poverty is not the lack of outside aid, but dictatorships, crony-ism, corruption and failed socialist governments.
32
posted on
07/14/2008 1:05:27 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: Flashman ATC
33
posted on
07/14/2008 2:41:54 PM PDT
by
Condor51
(I have guns in my nightstand because a Cop won't fit)
To: InvisibleChurch
34
posted on
07/14/2008 2:47:59 PM PDT
by
Pagey
(Horrible Hillary Clinton is Bad For America, Bad For Business and Bad For MY Stomach!)
To: KarlInOhio
I’ll take your word on the $450 billion and the $20 per person in Africa. I assume you are talking about our taxpayer money. No matter the source, there will never be enough. The $20 doesn’t go to individuals. Pretty much everything goes to corrupt government officials. I’ve seen this shell game going on for 77 years.
35
posted on
07/14/2008 3:09:57 PM PDT
by
hdstmf
To: Condor51
“The UK, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, etc should be shoveling out for their past deeds which created this mess, not the USA.”
I gotta call you on that one, Condor. The colonization generally brought order and properity to African nations. When they were forced out, those nations reverted to corrupt tribal leadership(savages) control.
36
posted on
07/14/2008 3:18:37 PM PDT
by
hdstmf
To: FlyVet
They eat their seeds and have nothing left for the next planting. That leaves them weak and dying generation after generation. Humanitarian and technical assistance usually fail. The people just do not understand how to break the cycle.
I’m personally tired of being told we have to give them more and more money, medical care, sanitation technology, blah, blah, blah.
37
posted on
07/14/2008 3:28:59 PM PDT
by
hdstmf
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-37 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson