The poorest countries around the globe, are being paralyzed in their self development by an unbearable debt load accumulated over decades. This repayment has required unconscionable human sacrifice that falls heavily on the most vulnerable people in these debtor nations. Until this debt is removed, indebted nations will continue being unable to spend even minimally necessary amounts on safe drinking water and other essential services. Only major shifts in national economies will alter those realities, and only ending the burden of crushing debt will make such changes possible. To those who would say the United States and other nations should not support debt relief, I would say that it would be an act of injustice to not move forward.
Debt relief is an act of justice.
It is not to be put in political terms. Justice is not liberal or conservative. It is about fairness. Fairness is God's message to us all. As we celebrate our nation's increased prosperity and that of many of the other developed nations around the world, we must remember that not all nations have experienced this prosperity due to long held past debts that are held by the prosperous nations.