Re: Should Developed Countries Give Aid to Developing Countries?
As a citizen of a contributing country to the third world debt*, yes, I believe we have a duty to aid the countries we have shat on. I agree that aid is often poorly distributed and often fails to reach the people who need it most (I know, I have inside information from a secret source called 'Panorama', anyone see last Monday? It was about aid given to third world countries!). Indeed, we DO need to do more to address our own poverty issues, but if we were on our knees, if we were desperate, we sure would hope some angel from overseas would come and rescue us.
I don't however, have the answers. I don't know how we can prevent corrupt governments from misdirecting the funds we send. But not sending anything is hardly fair either. There must be a way (Derren Brown.. I'm super cereal..).
The human race is so freaking greedy. Our societies are messed up. This 'take care of our own first' attitude goes so far that we let our own PARENTS rot in poorly staffed and underfunded carehomes because we 'haven't the time or money' and 'our kids come first'.. hope those kids later let you rot in a care home..
How about the super rich start paying their freaking taxes.. that could help 'our poor at home'.. before we start pointing the finger at races who know no different, who are having far too many kids, how about WE stop having such large families with no regard of the fact there simply won't be the jobs or housing available for their huge families when they grow up..
Oh to hell with it... can't we just destroy the whole damn human race and start again? I call cat-people.. like on Red Dwarf..
*I actually thought we had cancelled third world debt. I read Tylluan's post and thought, 'Ah, did you not realise things have changed since those protest marches you went on..' Then I thought, 'less patronising, more googling..' and woah, nope, we're still demanding repayment. Wow..recession? bah, karma if you ask me!
As a citizen of a contributing country to the third world debt*, yes, I believe we have a duty to aid the countries we have shat on. I agree that aid is often poorly distributed and often fails to reach the people who need it most (I know, I have inside information from a secret source called 'Panorama', anyone see last Monday? It was about aid given to third world countries!). Indeed, we DO need to do more to address our own poverty issues, but if we were on our knees, if we were desperate, we sure would hope some angel from overseas would come and rescue us.
I don't however, have the answers. I don't know how we can prevent corrupt governments from misdirecting the funds we send. But not sending anything is hardly fair either. There must be a way (Derren Brown.. I'm super cereal..).
The human race is so freaking greedy. Our societies are messed up. This 'take care of our own first' attitude goes so far that we let our own PARENTS rot in poorly staffed and underfunded carehomes because we 'haven't the time or money' and 'our kids come first'.. hope those kids later let you rot in a care home..
How about the super rich start paying their freaking taxes.. that could help 'our poor at home'.. before we start pointing the finger at races who know no different, who are having far too many kids, how about WE stop having such large families with no regard of the fact there simply won't be the jobs or housing available for their huge families when they grow up..
Oh to hell with it... can't we just destroy the whole damn human race and start again? I call cat-people.. like on Red Dwarf..
*I actually thought we had cancelled third world debt. I read Tylluan's post and thought, 'Ah, did you not realise things have changed since those protest marches you went on..' Then I thought, 'less patronising, more googling..' and woah, nope, we're still demanding repayment. Wow..recession? bah, karma if you ask me!
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