@StefanMolyneux has a point.
Everybody knows stories like this, but this is my favorite. Once there where these famous british soccer players who gave their shirts to starving children in Africa. They were stolen at the harbour and sold back to English collectors on Ebay.
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I don't totally agree. Foreign aid is all borrowed at interest, so strictly speaking, it is stolen from future poor people in rich countries, their children and grandchildren.
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Or to fund tv programs, girl bands and satellite systems.
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This assumes the donating governments aren’t getting anything back.
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Serious question, can aid ever work? I want to hear a yes... Alternatively, how about 'moral aid', where the only objective is a patient eradication of corruption? Long term project, unpopular with kleptocracy, but morally defensible. A sort of philosophical colonialism.
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The first product of taxation is the erection of a border between a government and its citizenry. The farmers create a fence to pen in their cattle, yes?
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Paying off and arming a dictator is a lot cheaper than having an occupation force.
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Couldn’t agree more Stefan! Now do one on NGO’s!
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In a direct democracy this would be a non-issue.
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A good argument for getting money out of politics
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*Hand rubbing intensifies*
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So TRUE as only the TRUTH can be.....!!!!
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Billions $ spent forever and nothing ever changes.
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