Comment Re:Ah, so there we go.... (Score 1) 212
Foreign aid does not go to poor people. It goes to their oppressive governments. Foreign aid builds and sustains third-world style governments and economies--and for what? So you can have a clean conscience?!
If you are actually interested in helping poor people, look up the works of Peter Bauer. Do research. Check out the Wikipedia article on Aid. Here's an interesting quote:
James Shikwati, a Kenyan economist, has argued that foreign aid causes harm to the recipient nations, specifically because aid is distributed by local politicians, finances the creation of corrupt government such as that led by Dr Fredrick Chiluba in Zambia bureaucracies, and hollows out the local economy.
People who like foreign aid are blocking the progress of third-world countries. They are ignorant, self-righteous hypocrites. And by all appearances, you are one as well.
