http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartlett060302.asp June 3, 2002, 8:45 a.m. Bono’s Deaf on Africa Trade, not aid, is the answer. By Bruce Bartlett Lately, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has been traveling throughout Africa with rock singer Bono, an outspoken advocate of debt relief and increased foreign aid for Africa. Why Mr. O'Neill agreed to this silly tour is a mystery, since it was a virtual certainty that it would only result in increased pressure on the U.S. — meaning U.S. taxpayers — to increase foreign aid. Predictably, Bono berated Mr. O'Neill for showing any degree of skepticism whatsoever that increased aid is the sole...