http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-L...erseas-Aid-Cut
UKIP have pledged to cut foreign aid by 90% down to £1.3 billion a year. This will save £45 billion over the Parliamentary term and the saved money will go to paying the deficit down.
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- 23-09-2014 11:34
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- 23-09-2014 11:50
They could probably cut defence spending to 99% and save the same amount.
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- 23-09-2014 12:00
I support this, not because development aid is an unaffordable luxury, but because it is evil. The third world is poor primarily because it is badly governed. Development aid only strengthens those bad governments. Disaster relief is something else, but this isn't mostly short term bridging support, it's structural support for structures that simply need to be destroyed.
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- 23-09-2014 12:03
(Original post by Ace123)
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-L...erseas-Aid-Cut
UKIP have pledged to cut foreign aid by 90% down to £1.3 billion a year. This will save £45 billion over the Parliamentary term and the saved money will go to paying the deficit down.
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- 23-09-2014 12:06
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They could probably cut defence spending to 99% and save the same amount.
But then again, as a NATO member we should be spening at least 2% GDP on defence which we barely are -
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- 23-09-2014 12:11
(Original post by Observatory)
I support this, not because development aid is an unaffordable luxury, but because it is evil. The third world is poor primarily because it is badly governed. Development aid only strengthens those bad governments. Disaster relief is something else, but this isn't mostly short term bridging support, it's structural support for structures that simply need to be destroyed. -
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- 23-09-2014 12:14
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And it's not because Western colonialism made them poor and underdeveloped in the first place -
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- 23-09-2014 12:16
(Original post by Ornlu)
And it's not because Western colonialism made them poor and underdeveloped in the first place -
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- 23-09-2014 12:22
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And it's not because Western colonialism made them poor and underdeveloped in the first place
Is your interest to improve the state of third world countries, or to punish British people, almost none of whom today actively participated in creating or administering the British Empire? -
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- 23-09-2014 12:36
Charity should start at home and only when you are not in a massive debt can you begin to help others. What use is it to help others when you can not even look after yourself,
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- 23-09-2014 12:42
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Does this mean that if you send a kid with below average intelligence to school, and they come out still with below average intelligence, it's the fault of the school? -
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- 23-09-2014 12:46
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According to the league table system, yes. -
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- 23-09-2014 12:50
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Charity should start at home and only when you are not in a massive debt can you begin to help others. What use is it to help others when you can not even look after yourself, -
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- 23-09-2014 12:51
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People who determine how good a school is purely based on their league table positioning, I would say, is an idiot, and that is half the reason why private schools are seen as superior. It's trivially true that a more capable intake will lead to better results. -
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- 23-09-2014 12:52
Better to sort ourselves out first rather than worrying about propping up other countries.
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- 23-09-2014 12:53
(Original post by Solivagant)
Because people in the UK being able to afford better luxuries is more important than helping people in Syria or the third world who have nothing... -
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- 23-09-2014 13:01
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They were centuries behind when we came, we brought them forward. -
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- 23-09-2014 13:05
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Not that anyone actually cares.
If allowed poor countries can do a lot to fix themselves. Take Uruguay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay
"The Economist named Uruguay "country of the year" in 2013[10] acknowledging the innovative policy of legalizing production, sale and consumption of cannabis. Same-sex marriage and abortion are also legal, leading Uruguay to be regarded as one of the most liberal nations in the world, and one of the most socially developed, outstanding regionally[11] and excelling globally on personal rights, tolerance and inclusion issues."
This is becoming more common is South American countries. With the fall of the cold war and the breaking free of American backed tyrannies/economic oppression there are quiet a lot of reformist 'soft left' experiments going on in these places that are actually working in making people's lives a lot better.
A lot of people on here are taking the stance of we shouldn't be giving money to corrupt regimes. Well there are democratic countries that would welcome some support. The above statement is also not honest. There are many cases where the West (especially america) have stopped the sort of progressive governments such as that now seen in Uruguay from ever developing by backing and handing money to tyrannical police states that oppress their respective populations.
The presedent of Uruguay is actually quite interesting if anyone is bothered
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ay-jose-mujicaLast edited by ChaoticButterfly; 23-09-2014 at 13:29. -
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- 23-09-2014 13:12
Stop aid, no. Never. I do however believe that how it is being spent ought to be reviewed, as giving it directly to a government, rather than a charity who is actually doing the work, is more likely to lead to corruption.
Having been to places where help is needed, just giving money to a government of a poor country isn't always the best thing to do. Aid to countries such as China is now pretty much pointless as they are a growing economic power who should be able to improve things on their own. -
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- 23-09-2014 13:22
(Original post by Solivagant)
Because people in the UK being able to afford better luxuries is more important than helping people in Syria or the third world who have nothing...Last edited by spanker; 23-09-2014 at 13:24.
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