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Originally posted by Gattigap
I'd think that our decision to offer a couple of [hundred million] governmental dollars to alleviate some honest-to-God thirst, hunger and other needs and help prevent the further loss of vast numbers of lives in Southeast Asia would redound to the benefit of even the most libertarian of Americans, at least as much on a dollar-for-dollar basis as those spent to quench the Iraqi's virtual thirst for democracy.
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How do you know there's adequate controls so that 75 or 80% of the money isn't stolen or wasted. It's better to do nothing than write a check for over $225 million to the local robber barrons and royals.
