I was listening to the radio today and I heard David Cameron is pledging 2 billion pounds towards Syrian aid. Which is pretty much the nice way of saying he's demanding the money from the tax payers then giving it to another country.
The Nigerian guy I work with said "You're country is fucking crazy man, you go round bombing countries that have nothing to do with you then you go round giving billions to countries that have nothing to do with you."
I have to say I pretty much agree with him, which is rare.
In Britain we do have a few important organizations that could realllllly use 2 billion dollars, and I'm not talking about football clubs.
The NHS has a 2 billion pound deficit supposedly, that's the amount that was reported in 2015 and all that seems to get reported in the newspapers is that it's getting worse.
The police ( I know a few people on this forum hate them but in general I think they are quite useful overall) seem to have spending cuts all the time, or so the newspapers are reporting.
I understand I'm not totally knowledgeable about politics, the economy. Plus I have some bias in my opinion since I live in England and directly benefit from having hospitals that aren't shit and a police force that isn't underpaid. But overall I don't think it's such a good idea to pledge 2 billion to another country in terms of aid.
It would be great if David Cameron was a billionaire and was pledging 2 billion to Syrian aid, or if the UK was so rich that we had the money spare.
And if it's military aid, the kind where you give Muslims guns to shoot some other Muslims then that's probably even worse of an idea.
Any thoughts on this anyone?
The Nigerian guy I work with said "You're country is fucking crazy man, you go round bombing countries that have nothing to do with you then you go round giving billions to countries that have nothing to do with you."
I have to say I pretty much agree with him, which is rare.
In Britain we do have a few important organizations that could realllllly use 2 billion dollars, and I'm not talking about football clubs.
The NHS has a 2 billion pound deficit supposedly, that's the amount that was reported in 2015 and all that seems to get reported in the newspapers is that it's getting worse.
The police ( I know a few people on this forum hate them but in general I think they are quite useful overall) seem to have spending cuts all the time, or so the newspapers are reporting.
I understand I'm not totally knowledgeable about politics, the economy. Plus I have some bias in my opinion since I live in England and directly benefit from having hospitals that aren't shit and a police force that isn't underpaid. But overall I don't think it's such a good idea to pledge 2 billion to another country in terms of aid.
It would be great if David Cameron was a billionaire and was pledging 2 billion to Syrian aid, or if the UK was so rich that we had the money spare.
And if it's military aid, the kind where you give Muslims guns to shoot some other Muslims then that's probably even worse of an idea.
Any thoughts on this anyone?
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