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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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I'm the retard now. I just realized this whole discussion has been about development aid whereas my research and information comes from relief work (prolly more like humanitarian aid).
I can't believe it took me that long to realize that.
I'll see if I can scare up a list of "development projects" my dad has seen and we can giggle/cry at how useless they were. |
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Insidejohnmalkovich
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| The only way to help places like Somalia is to "take up the white man's burden" and recolonize them. |
It is not our job to help them. We have no obligation, no authority. |
The straits of Aden and Molucca are unsafe for shipping because we neither assert our authority nor fulfil our obligations which come from our good fortune and civilization.
Our citizens should be able to safely (not necessarily completely freely)travel and work as doctors, helpers, teachers or missionaries in any country. That they cannot means we must again assert our authority. (Notice that they can in any civilized country, because we can do diplomacy with even the least friendly of them, such as Cuba or Russia.) |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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Pluto
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our policies on foreign aid. They have contributed to economic stagnation in poor countries and deprived America of large export markets. Entrepreneurship, not aid, is essential to rejuvenate markets in the developing world and, in turn, help America prosper.
During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress. Instead, it makes governments in poor countries dependent on the U.S. rather than their citizens' taxes.
Pakistan has been one of the key recipients of U.S. aid over the last six decades, but there has been no real progress as a result. Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.
In contrast, Malaysia saw its economy grow at twice the rate of Pakistan's over the same period of time. Fueled by trade rather than aid, Malaysian economic prosperity is decentralized, and its reliability as an ally much greater.
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How much has our 'aid' helped Pakistan? How much has our 'aid' (or lack thereof) helped Malaysia? |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| See my link above yours, Pluto. I think you'll enjoy it. |
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Pluto
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| See my link above yours, Pluto. I think you'll enjoy it. |
Excellent article and an interview really well done. I've always thought the best export we have is our ideas of liberty( free peoples, free minds, free markets). I've always felt that the US should just unilaterally withdraw all trade restrictions with regards to Africa, or at least sub-Saharan Africa including this this ridiculous tariff. However, our political leaders are now telling us to buy American to get us out of the crisis we find ourselves in -- absolute fucking bullocks! |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| Pluto wrote: |
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| See my link above yours, Pluto. I think you'll enjoy it. |
Excellent article and an interview really well done. I've always thought the best export we have is our ideas of liberty( free peoples, free minds, free markets). |
I agree. Despite it all, I still firmly believe in the 'light on a hill' role of America. |
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