Sep 14
What they said!
Why do we give foreign aid? We give aid for humanitarian reasons: that is, we wish to relieve human suffering because of famines or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, etc.; we give aid for economic development. The crisis in Iraq has again raised the issue of how much aid and in what forms are appropriate for the U.S. and other countries to provide. Humanitarian aid at reasonable levels has a strong political constituency in the U.S. and is not going to be abolished. Development aid, on the other hand, has never been popular, and for good reason.(09/14/03)
From: Rational Review
