Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
Subject: Re: Birch society says foreign aid costs americans jobs
From: hcollings@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:24:21 CST
Organization: University of Missouri-Kansas City

In article <1992Mar19.122615.14632@etek.chalmers.se>, lindq@etek.chalmers.se (Johan Lindqvist) writes:
> In article <yi7sHB1w164w@cellar.org>, techie@cellar.org (William A Bacon) writes:
> |> 
> |>    FOREIGN AID ISN'T HUMANITARIAN AND DOES COST AMERICANS JOBS
> |>    "Foreign aid has been permitted by the American people because it has a 
> |> humanitarian ring to it. But nothingcould be further from the truth. there is 
> |> nothing humanitarian about taking funds from working americans to give to 
> |> crrupt and frequently ant-american governments."
> 
> STOP IT. 'Nothing humanitary'???? 
> Of course giving money to thirld world countries is humanitar.
> So what you're saying is:
> 'Let the niggers starve. They're not american.'

It appears at least to me that you have not properly interpreted the statement
here.  If the money actually reached the people who needed it for food and
housing and clothing and education then this would be humanitarian aid indeed.
However too many times the aid is used to buy weapons to keep the ruling regime
in power whether the people wish it or not.
> 
> 
> |>    Mr Affleck points out that "we have finnanced wars between nations which 
> |> would not have the capacity to fight each other without our help; and, in the 
> |> process, we have made the warring nations hate us because of the aid we give 
> |> their enemies."
> 
> Give an example, please. When have the US supported two sides in a war?
>

I think here might be an example.  In the recent conflict in the middle east
the U.S. is at best guilty of helping build the army and supplied arms to Iraq
against Iran and illegally supplied Iran with missles and spare parts at the
same time.  Although one might say this was never proved I say "bull puckey". 
All the principals have fessed up except for dear old "Ronny" the gunslinger
and bull sliger from San Simion California. 
> 
> |>    But it while discussing the matter of lost American jobs that Mr Affleck 
> |> is most angry. "Forr over 40 years," he claims, "nations receiving U.S. 
> |> Foreign aid have been buying goods from other nations receiving foreign aid. 
> |> Why do they do so? IT's easy to understand when you realize that the aid 
> |> lowers their production costs so they can undersell our producers. More 
> |> American jobs are lost."
> 
> 
> |>    Because foreign aid always goes to government leaders, and because most of 
> |> the taxes collected by the U.S. government come from middle and lower class 
> |> Americans, Affleck has concluded that foreign aid is a program that takes 
> |> money away from poorer peoplein rich countries and gives it to rich people in 
> |> poor countries."
> |> 
> 
> Well, you do realize those countries are poor, al least. The problem of
> corruption could easy be solved by sending the money to for instance the
> red cross or some other multi lateral organisation.
> That is a problem that should be solved.
> 
> 
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