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2005-06-10 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-10 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Total development aid to Africa is $40 billion per year (sub-Saharan Africa's total GDP is about $300 billion). If even half of the aid was actually used for development, instead entirely stolen, then their power, water, and transportation structure would be several times better off. Wipe out their debt and the kleptocrat's cycle of borrowng and stealing will just kick into high gear again.

Posted by ed 2005-06-10 01:03|| 2005-06-10 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Total aid to Africa since decolonization is in the region of a trillion dollars. Yet large areas and perhaps most of sub-sharan Africa continues to get worse. People get sicker die sooner and are poorer. If aid works, why hasn't it worked to date? Name a single African country that is a model for how aid should work.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-10 04:28|| 2005-06-10 04:28|| Front Page Top

#3
phil_b wrote
Name a single African country that is a model for how aid should work.

Would you like the plans for pepertum mobile with this, sir?

Posted by gromgoru 2005-06-10 06:52|| 2005-06-10 06:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Aid is warranted for short-term problems like tsunami relief.

Aid is rarely good for the long haul: it's just permanent welfare payments to the dominant thugs. Take North Korea for example: why have we been providing food to a country that can afford a million-man army and nuclear and missile facilities?

I view any payments to the U.N. as welfare payments to Kofi. It's high time that he gets a real job.

Posted by Tom 2005-06-10 08:07|| 2005-06-10 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice suit, Kofi. Bet that ran you at least a grand, if you even had to pay for it.
Sorry I can't help you out, but the doc says I suffer from compassion deprivation brought on by constant pleas of corrupt, incompetent diplomats to open my wallet and reward failure. They're pretty sure there's no cure.

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-10 08:31|| 2005-06-10 08:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Step 1: Get rid of all the morons in charge of those nations.
Step 12: Export Capitalism
12a: Ensure property rights for citizens
12b: Ensure it is possible for people to license new businesses
(Better yet... just get them a copy of Hernando De Soto's book... it has all the steps in it.)
Step 23: Get out of the way and watch them surpass Socialist Europe.

Posted by eLarson 2005-06-10 10:08|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-06-10 10:08|| Front Page Top

#7 That bleat's starting to wear pretty thin by now.

It's no sweat off Goo-fi's ass. After all, it's not HIS money that would be going into the bottomless pit that is Africa.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-10 10:48|| 2005-06-10 10:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Kofi should just pack up the U.N. and move it to a third-world African country.

For starters, his $1-billion new building would be a great construction project for the local economy. $1-billion will buy a lot of mud bricks, and poor families could sleep in the building at night when Kofi and his staff aren't working there.

There would be dramatic savings for Kofi on his clothing, restaurant, and housing costs (especially if he lives in his office). And his staff could all see the third world first-hand without requiring plane fare.

With living costs so low, Kofi and his staff could accept reduced salaries and contribute the difference to other poor countries.

Posted by Tom 2005-06-10 11:26|| 2005-06-10 11:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Bravo to Tom! This thinking outside the box could be just what the UN needs! And add to this that Kofi would be even closer to his homeland nation of Ghana which would cut down on those commutes.
Although I'll probably see Ghana before Kofi does...

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-10 11:31|| 2005-06-10 11:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey Annan, how about the rich fucking UN pay for something besides 5 star dinners and child hookers? Or even give the aid money that you have in your personal accounts that is supposed to go to the poor countries? Or even not hand out our forgien aid to the dictators instead of the starving people they rule?

Hypocrite .... leach .... parasite .....

Go fuck yourself and the entire goddamn UN.

I'm sick of this shit....

/rant (apoligize for the language)

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-10 12:00|| 2005-06-10 12:00|| Front Page Top

#11 anyone remember "blackhawk down" thats a reason for no more aid

Posted by Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-06-10 16:14|| 2005-06-10 16:14|| Front Page Top

#12 plus they all seem too have money for plenty of weapons and ammo

Posted by Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-06-10 16:15|| 2005-06-10 16:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Why is it our responsibility to clean up the mess left by Mobuto Sese Seko, Jonas Savimbi, (names of kleptocrats who werent so obviously our responsibility snipped)

Do you really want a serious answer to that, Fred?

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-10 16:41|| 2005-06-10 16:41|| Front Page Top

#14 Coldest of the day Grom.

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