|
Let's Do The Time Warp Again . . . .
Quote:
Originally posted by sgtclub
I don't care about "generosity." I think in many cases foreign aid is a waste of money because proper controls and oversights are not put in place. Rather, money is thrown at problems to assuage guilt, rather than to try to make a meaningful difference. Along the same reasons why I'm against the welfare state.
|
Foreign aid is often wasted for the same reasons that domestic pork is often wasted. This has more to do with corruption than guilt. And ideology factors in as well. E.g., the Bush Administration has cut medical aid to appease pro-life groups that don't want to be funding abortions. See Nicholas Kristoff's column in the NYT for an account of how scary it is to be pregnant in Chad. Saying that you're against foreign aid because it doesn't work more efficiently is like saying you're against automobiles because they pollute. The real reasons lie unstated in your last sentence.
__________________
“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
|
