At Last
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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27 February 2011 10:1994413I do not do politics as you all know
, but have just read the following and thought why are we giving aid to Russia and China in the first place, complete madness in my opinion.
"The UK is to stop direct aid to 16 countries, including Russia, China and Iraq, papers seen by the BBC suggest".-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 27 February 2011 10:3394414if they do it then it will be another u turn, there was a manifesto committment to keep overseas aid.
we still give aid to india that has 3 times more billionaires than the u.k. nuclear weapons and a space programme. - 27 February 2011 12:0594420Howard - no not a u-turn, it was the level of aid that was protected (wrongly in my opinion) not those to whom it is sent. If it it is being stopped to these countries it does not follow that the total amount of aid is being reduced.
Russia and China certainly should not receive aid. Not sure about the situation in Iraq now, the reconstruction may be done and oil revenues flowing so stopping it there may also be right. India - an interesting one that, they have some very poor areas, some of the poorest in the world and yet they can afford a space programme.... - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
27 February 2011 13:5094426I was not sure about Iraq either that was why I did not include them, although they are not exactly a poor country but after the war possibly need some help. Russia and China have a thriving economy, India has a lot of very poor but it also has some very rich as do so many countries claiming poverty. No country that can afford or even waste money on a space programme needs our aid.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 27 February 2011 14:0294436what i cannot understand about india is why a people so poverty stricken never turned to communism when it was in vogue.
- 27 February 2011 14:0394438Communism is rarely about empowering the impoverished, it is more often about empowering the already powerful.