Overseas economic aid... Does it ever work?
Discussion
I was reading the interview with David Cameron in the Telegraph earlier today. It talked about the need for cuts in government spending, but that some areas, such as health and overseas aid would be protected.
Health, OK, but why on earth overseas aid??? As far as I can see, the West has been pouring billions of dollars into Africa, year after year for decades, and it doesn't seem to have made the slightest bit of difference, so why do we bother?
Our economy is utterly shafted. We're going to be paying more taxes for less return for years to come to try and dig us out of the crap, and yet we're ring-fencing the pointless cash we throw into the black hole that is Africa.
Do governments not recognise the saying "there's no point throwing good money after bad"?
Has aid to Africa ever worked?
Health, OK, but why on earth overseas aid??? As far as I can see, the West has been pouring billions of dollars into Africa, year after year for decades, and it doesn't seem to have made the slightest bit of difference, so why do we bother?
Our economy is utterly shafted. We're going to be paying more taxes for less return for years to come to try and dig us out of the crap, and yet we're ring-fencing the pointless cash we throw into the black hole that is Africa.
Do governments not recognise the saying "there's no point throwing good money after bad"?
Has aid to Africa ever worked?
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