I think it is meant for that but due to the bad policies of the receiving governments that hinders their development.
like bismark says, foreign aid can have all the best intentions, but if you are sending it to the wrong places or it is not getting to those who need it, then aid becomes more a political tool for receiving support at home.
In an ideal case, foreign aid would attempt to put a nation (or region, or whatever) in a position in which they can 'develop' for themselves.
In truth, for many cases, foreign aid is the equivolent of helping someone get by paycheck-to-paycheck. All while our environmental and regulatory regimes discriminate the person enough to keep them from achieving too much success too quickly. If that makes sense...
Foreign aid is a product and luxury of developed nations, it makes a good soundbite. Its ironic that the same places that foreign aid goes to, are the same places that we refuse to fully open our economic borders to because of things like their use of coal and weak energy policies.
My Dear Sweet Friends,
All monetary aid unto other nations is a waste of time. All nations wouldest be better served if we kept our foreign aid, closed our borders, and made all things free unto all herein. Then shall other nations receive developmental assistance from us with full success.
by Holle Abee 14 years ago
As most of you know, the U.S. sends money and goods to many nations around the world. If you know me at all, you know that I'm a compassionate person. I have mixed feelings about foreign aid, however. These are some of my concerns:1. Can we afford to help other nations now, when so many Americans...
by Tom Vogler 9 years ago
How much "foreign aid" has the U.S. provided since 1776? How much has been repaid? With all the aid the aid the U.S. has given to foreign countries over the last 240 years, if that money were paid back, even not adjusted for inflation, how much would it reduce the $19.3 Trillion National...
by SparklingJewel 14 years ago
from someone online...a pretty good synopsis of Ron Paul's real perspective...not MSM's or an opponent's Hank is back says: December 19, 2011 at 3:24 pm For those who are genuinely fearful of Ron Paul’s foreign policy and don’t HATE him for other reasons but...
by Sharlee 12 months ago
Just My View---Why U.S. Aid Would Be Better Handled by the State Department Under Rubio---Foreign aid has long been a contentious issue, with billions of taxpayer dollars sent abroad under the justification of humanitarian assistance, economic support, and geopolitical strategy. However, the...
by mio cid 13 years ago
After the election debacle some GOP politicians are positioning themselves as the new leaders of the party.Among them Chris Christie,Bobby Jindal,Jeb Bush,Mitch Daniels are willing to take on the tea partiers and the right wing extremists ,who will be the voices of the loser faction in the upcoming...
by AdsenseStrategies 16 years ago
First off, can anyone corroborate this?Second of all, if this is true, and assuming "overseas aid" normally means aid to extremely impoverished countries, then WTF?
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