http://www.red-alerts.com/african-theater/is-foreign-aid-killing-africa/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.red-alerts.com/african-theater/is-foreign-aid-killing-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-57770 Jenn Q. Public Thu, 07 May 2009 00:01:08 +0000 http://www.red-alerts.com/african-theater/is-foreign-aid-killing-africa/#comment-57770 Isn't it striking how even the most conservative among us often fail to view foreign aid in the same light as domestic welfare? If we believe that welfare perpetuates poverty and a host of other problems, then it follows that foreign aid does the same and worse when sent to countries with rampant political corruption. We need to hand out fewer fish, and spend a lot more time teaching people to fish for themselves. Isn’t it striking how even the most conservative among us often fail to view foreign aid in the same light as domestic welfare? If we believe that welfare perpetuates poverty and a host of other problems, then it follows that foreign aid does the same and worse when sent to countries with rampant political corruption. We need to hand out fewer fish, and spend a lot more time teaching people to fish for themselves.

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