RE: 2 Billion pounds for Syrian aid given by David Cameron.
February 5, 2016 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2016 at 8:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Not you, man, lol. The people who might be interested in selling you such a narrative...that "more foreign aid = less medical services for natives". That's simply not true.
There are very few 1st world countries that exist right now, the US included...that don't have others to thank for foreign aid. It' never been easy to let go of that money, and it;s never been the case that it -couldn't- have been spent at home. In the example you offered, we could have made more money on that loan by granting it to ourselves at our own higher interest rates....lets not pretend that it wasn't a helping hand. It was a handout with dignity - and we bought more than the interest with it, eh (and the dignity bit appears to have been an empty promise)? That's ignoring the larger lend lease program and our clandestine running of material into a warzone of which we were not yet participants, ofc.
This aid to syria is not a loan, but it's meant to purchase something, make no mistake, they need it...and relative to them...you don't. It's not -actually- the cause of your failing hospitals, schools, or police... nor is it ever likely to become the cause of your failing hospitals, schools, or police.
There are very few 1st world countries that exist right now, the US included...that don't have others to thank for foreign aid. It' never been easy to let go of that money, and it;s never been the case that it -couldn't- have been spent at home. In the example you offered, we could have made more money on that loan by granting it to ourselves at our own higher interest rates....lets not pretend that it wasn't a helping hand. It was a handout with dignity - and we bought more than the interest with it, eh (and the dignity bit appears to have been an empty promise)? That's ignoring the larger lend lease program and our clandestine running of material into a warzone of which we were not yet participants, ofc.
This aid to syria is not a loan, but it's meant to purchase something, make no mistake, they need it...and relative to them...you don't. It's not -actually- the cause of your failing hospitals, schools, or police... nor is it ever likely to become the cause of your failing hospitals, schools, or police.
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