Now, it appears we are no longer, just there. Now we are worrying about Russia and the Ukraine. Also, to what extent has Putin been developing an alliance with China using the BRI as the Trojan Horse, or the camel’s nose under the tent. We need to wake up our Congresscritters to wokeness about this serious threat. Putin is certainly doing a good job of keeping our eyes off China in Africa and South America.
We need to make better use of our international development funding agencies. Many years ago my late husband was escorting various foreign transport industry labor leaders around the US. We took one west African visitor to the US history exhibits on the Mall in DC. He became very excited about the displays of 19th century agricultural developments. He exclaimed, “This is what we need, things that are better than we are using now, but things that our own blacksmiths can make.” He was talking about primative harrows and other metal tools for individual farmers. He then explained how all John Deere, and International Harvester did with their giant tools, was to promote the rich and impoverish most of the poor who were driven off the land and into the cities. Better education for women, and public health with spacing of children also contributes to poverty reduction and stability.
“Better education for women, and public health with spacing of children also contributes to poverty reduction and stability.”
My parents, born in ‘16/17, had three children. We were spaced at six years and eleven years. I asked why and my mom said, “We wanted to send you all to college and we didn’t want to have two of you there at the same time.” They did send us to school and as I was leaving college the price was going up about fifty percent each semester because Uncle Sam had gotten involved and when people aren’t directly paying the bill they don’t ask about the cost.