James M. Roberts January 25, 2013 at 6:00
pm
Daniel Hannan, a member of the European Parliament and one of Great Britain’s rising conservative political stars, reminds us that the fundamental error of the left is its “elevation of motive over outcome.”
This leads to development assistance policies that are at least doomed to fail and may actually increase poverty. There are many reasons: According to Hannan, aid programs typically sever “the link between taxation and representation, shield rotten governments from the consequences of their mismanagement, encourage dependency, reward corruption, and retard development.”
In fact, over the past half-century, the U.S. has donated over $1 trillion in official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries. The need for ongoing ODA is now openly questioned by such groups as the Center for Global Development, especially given that the annual private financial flows that are fueling the economic growth of the developing world now dwarf ODA....But beyond pushing for economic freedom, what else can a conservative do to help the poor? Hannan recommends “the Kitchen Table Charities Trust, which supports small-scale initiatives, and which doesn’t have any bureaucracy to fund.”
Of course there are excellent charities in the U.S., too, including Kiva, the anti-poverty work by the Acton Institute…. David’s Hope International…. Deep Springs International ….World Vision, Lutheran World Relief, and Catholic Charities. .....To Read More........
Daniel Hannan, a member of the European Parliament and one of Great Britain’s rising conservative political stars, reminds us that the fundamental error of the left is its “elevation of motive over outcome.”
This leads to development assistance policies that are at least doomed to fail and may actually increase poverty. There are many reasons: According to Hannan, aid programs typically sever “the link between taxation and representation, shield rotten governments from the consequences of their mismanagement, encourage dependency, reward corruption, and retard development.”
In fact, over the past half-century, the U.S. has donated over $1 trillion in official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries. The need for ongoing ODA is now openly questioned by such groups as the Center for Global Development, especially given that the annual private financial flows that are fueling the economic growth of the developing world now dwarf ODA....But beyond pushing for economic freedom, what else can a conservative do to help the poor? Hannan recommends “the Kitchen Table Charities Trust, which supports small-scale initiatives, and which doesn’t have any bureaucracy to fund.”
Of course there are excellent charities in the U.S., too, including Kiva, the anti-poverty work by the Acton Institute…. David’s Hope International…. Deep Springs International ….World Vision, Lutheran World Relief, and Catholic Charities. .....To Read More........
My Take
– Does anyone really think this is a good
investment? All this 'concern for the poor' in the form of
foreign aid has been for political purposes, not humanitarian purposes, or
they would have acknowledged the failure of these plans fifty years ago and
abandoned them. All that they did was enrich and keep a small corrupt
group of homicidal maniacs in power. The fact of the matter is until
these countries change from corrupt socialist or semi-socialist central
planning organizations controlled by a corrupt elite no amount of outside money is going
to fix anything. It’s good money after bad.
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ReplyDeleteRich KozlovichFebruary 27, 2019 at 7:45 AM
While any moral person has to feel compassion for these children, the reality is no matter how much compassion or money sent to these countries the end result is that all this does is allow them to continue their corrupt practices because outsiders are taking care of their responsibilities. It may seem cold, but all that compassion and money is doing is perpetuating the system that's destroying these children’s' lives.