[Clara Lou]

Castro Endorses Global Taxes At UN Conference
Why, sure he does! In a trice he'll have his hand out for Cuba's/his cut.

[Rightwing Canuck]

extreme poverty has already reached 1.2 billion people in the Third World

Isn't Cuba part of the Third World?

[theoutsideman]

So?

[Vigilantcitizen]

"The poor countries should not be blamed for this tragedy. They neither conquered nor plundered entire continents for centuries; they did not establish colonialism, or re-established slavery; and, modern imperialism is not of their making. Actually, they have been its victims. Therefore, the main responsibility for financing their development lies with those states that, for obvious historical reasons, enjoy today the benefits of those atrocities.

The rich world should condone their foreign debt and grant them fresh soft credits to finance their development. The traditional offers of assistance, always scant and often ridiculous, are either inadequate or unfulfilled.

The reason a lot of third world countries, like Castro's own home, are starving and suffering is that their Dictators hoard the resources of their people. When we do send aid, people like Saddam steal it, and build palaces with the money take.

Castro's speech sounded similar to the "reparations" argument.

Oh, that's right, him and mister shakedown are buddies.

[Maceman]

Well if Castro likes the idea, it must be a good one.

[Dat]

The scary thing about this is that some of the lines sound like they were written by some of the America firsters around here, ironic considering the subject matter.

[JustTheTruth]

Ok, lets start by taxing cuba to repay all those whose property was stolen by the communists when Castro took power. Once that is all repaid with interest, we could consider the proposal further.

[eggman]

The poor countries should not be blamed for this tragedy. They neither conquered nor plundered entire continents for centuries; they did not establish colonialism, or re-established slavery; and, modern imperialism is not of their making. Actually, they have been its victims.

They have been the victims of mismanagment by their own governments. The repressive socialist governments monopolize resources to insure that their people are completely dependent on them for their meager existence.

The rich world should condone their foreign debt and grant them fresh soft credits to finance their development. The traditional offers of assistance, always scant and often ridiculous, are either inadequate or unfulfilled.

Welfare for socialist governments won't solve their problems. The people living there will still be kept poor and hungry while the aid money disappears to corrupt leaders.

For a true and sustainable economic and social development to take place, much more is required than is usually admitted.

Change from within is the only way to solve the problems of these poor countries. Once they agree to certain reforms, then supply the aid to help them rebuild the infrastructure that was squandered by mismanagment. The UN will just become more powerful by holding the purse that promotes their socialist agenda.