Giving Away Foreign Aid to Africa is a Good Idea

My case. Success- He says "the USfg is already in debt" and "the UN gave Africa AIDs with the polio vaccine" 1. The USfg has a foreign budget set aside with many government programs that have the funding to help other countries. I'm not calling for an increase in aid, just proving that aid in itself is good. You are missing the point of the argument and lose because of it. Essentially what I am saying is that the USfg has been able to help the African people before, look to the decrease in AIDs and malaria. This translates into a better economy for them. When all of their people aren't dying of disease they can begin to grow food on farms and many other essential jobs. This couldn't be done 10 years ago because of the people dying of disease.. Say the African farmer gets sick with an non lethal bout of malaria, how can he farm his crop? He can't. The aid going to Africa has bettered the African economy empirically. Malia Politzer says "Africa's rate of economic growth increased, averaging 5% in 2005. Some countries experienced still higher growth rates" If you remember, the presidents PMI was started in 2003 and only 2 years later we already saw an increase in their economy. History is on my side. When we helped the African people with specialized aid, such as aid to disease, their economy has gotten better. This is going to be key in todays round because we now understand that not all aid to africa is bad. And when monetary aid can be bad, specialized aid can be good. The resolution says "foreign aid" and i have proven that some types of foreign aid is good for the well being of the African people and you can only vote pro because of it. 2- Polio vaccine. This irrelevant tidbit of knowledge you wanted to sound cool with sharing actually hurts you in the round. Wouldn't you agree that the UN now has a moral obligation to fix the wrong they created? Any moral human would. This one example of how health aid failed does not mean that all health aid fails. I have proven that our aid has worked in the past. Do not assume that all aid will fail because it failed once. Michael Jordan has missed a free throw but that doesnt mean he will miss the rest in the future. Oil- The thing is that the African people will be more inclined to help America with oil if we are cool with the governments there. If they think that we have turned our backs on them, the will not grace us with their oil. China is spending a bunch of money down there helping them and are getting oil in return. The US can do this to. Abusing Africa's resources? Really? Saving the lives of their people so that they will be inclined to sell us oil is completely moral. Then he talks about how monetary aid is bad. Sure, monetary aid can be bad. However, going down with a group of people to build a school in Africa is a perfectly good idea. Paying teachers to teach African children is a perfectly good idea. Contraceptives, Family Planning centers, Insecticide treated bednets, clean water, building wells. All of these things can be done positively for the African people. Therefore foreign aid to Africa can be a good thing and you have to vote pro. Then he gives a flawed example. This is why it is flawed. The African people can't afford to pay for an insecticide treated net. This is the reason why they are not covering Africa to begin with. This is what prompted the USfg to start sending free ones. However, even though his argument is flawed because the people cant pay for them in the first place.. he further loses given the fact we can send vouchers to redeem a net at a local distribution center. If the USfg gave aid in this form not only would it stimulate their economy by helping the ITN dealers, but it would save lives. This is another example of how aid can help Africa. At this point it is clear aid can be good to Africa. In no way is every form of aid good, but aid can be good. Have fun.