We (The US Government) should not give monetary aid to Africa

1.I repeat, our deficit is NOT ok. It is not ok by any means. In fact, we are headed into what is inevitably going to be a repeat of the great depression. The US dollar is at an all time low. Oil prices have peaked. US inflation could drive interest rates to 20%. This would collapse the bond and housing markets, wiping out trillions of dollars of purchasing power- We are already spending money in Iraq for the war on "terror." If the US goes to war with Iran, which is a threateningly realistic possibility, or if any other number of things happen, the US will lapse into depression and that could realistically lead to another war. History is full of cycles "history repeats itself…" While not always correct, this example is one of truth. Logically, we cannot expect to reasonably give a substantial amount of money to Africa without risking complete recession. I extend my notion that this is fiscal irresponsibility! 2.EU Aid is ineffective. For example, in 2005 12.5 billion dollars (1/3 of reported European development assistance) did not provide any new resources for developing counties. There is no proof that European Union aid will work in the future and it can not be proven since they have not helped in the past. 3.You yourself say African governments are corrupt. You mention that the EU will help (and as I have proved above, I do not believe they will) and you say that they have been in a similar situation. What situation are you referring to? Even if Europe had been in a similar situation, this does not have anything to do with its' ability to help Africa. Also, it does not matter that ALL African governments are not corrupt. This is rather vague and can not be proven. How do we know for sue which African governments are corrupt or not? Aid empirically does not get to their people through African governments and therefore is an irresponsible way to give aid. 4.By giving aid to Africa, we are fostering their lack of independence. Africa does not need the US as a crutch, and we cannot afford to be their crutch. Fostering authoritarianism and tyranny by giving money to their governments is illogical. 5.Ah, yes. Your plan does have to do with money then. As formerly stated, money is a huge cause of concern in America. We are trillions of dollars in debt! Our debt increases daily. Bush obviously has no intention of ending the war with Iraq and also has threatened war with Iran. This war on terror has cost America a lot. It is fiscal insanity to spend MORE on aid that will not work. Similarly, you further push America into debt by not only using NGO's. I am not trying apathetic when I say that we cannot afford to help Africa. I believe this is a hugely important issue. I am saying that we absolutely CAN NOT afford to help them, lest we send America spiraling into economic recession, further debt, depression, and ultimately war, and possibly world war. To do so would be national suicide. 6.You say that foreign aid solves for soft power however, you do not specify whether you are talking about European/American soft power. I shall assume you are talking about US soft power because it is part of the resolution. Foreign aid does not solve for soft power. Many, many countries are not going to like that the US, the "international bully" is going in where other countries have already "staked claims." For instance, China has huge oil interests in Africa and is giving aid to many different parts of Africa. Russia is also going to be offended that the US is intervening in other countries. We should not risk what little soft power we still have to go fight for a cause that will not be fruitful and will cause bigger problems than we already have. 7. You state that "Foreign aid helps recipient countries economy" by Kargbo in 06, however you do not provide a link and I can't really argue this point without one. In my opinion, I have already proven that fostering authoritarianism will NOT help the economy. All money that we give will go directly to the government. Sending people/money from the US will also be just as detrimental. European aid is tied and bad as I have previously stated and sending the European union to help would just be pointless. 8.You say that foreign aid solves, however it clearly doesn't. Have governments tried to give aid to Africa before? Absolutely. Are the problems in Africa "solved" ?No. They may have been lessened (Such as in sierra leone) I completely concede this point. However, I am saying that we can not and should not give monetary aid to Africa because it is fiscally irresponsible and that corrupt African governments will take advantage of this monetary aid. We do not have the money!! 9.If you would further specify what kind of "technology" you plan to send to Africa it would be deeply appreciated. I do not deny or concede that we should send technology, I am merely concerned with monetary aid. 10.you state that "Giving money isn't immoral." It is not the giving of money that is immoral. It is who the money gets to, and what the effect of it is. These are the two important points we should focus on. The money will not get to the intended recipient, therefore all efforts would be futile anyway. Furthermore, the effect will not be gratifying as it will not solve and will plunge America (as well as the world) into depression and as I have stated, war. a.If you ware wondering about the war link (how debt leads to war), I could further explain this. However for now I would just like to point out the high percentage of empirical wars that occur after major debt and depression. It is pretty self evident… The important thing to consider now is impacts. Consider… IF we do not give monetary aid to Africa, everything will continue on. Problems do not escalate quickly. If they did it would be a different matter. Things in Africa will continue. Other nations give them aid, etc. This is the SQO. In coming years, we save our money, stop our debt, eventually get out of economic recession and in the future are able to give money to Africa. This is obviously the preferable option. Conversely, IF we give monetary aid to Africa, then we risk complete global economic collapse and another world war. We do not want another World war (nuclear weapons exist in more abundance now than sixty years ago!!!) Excellent debate so far. I appreciate the thought and time you have given to your debate. You make very good arguments. Yes I have been on both LD and CX debate although I c prefer CX *better clash :)