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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey
I believe foreign aid is a good thing but not to countries with space programs and nuclear weapons.
It would be great if we could somehow bypass the corrupt governments in many of the countries where people are starving and homeless and have no clean water.
Funding Indias space program is not the right place to direct foreign aid.
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This is the dilemma though because it's those most vulnerable and in need who will suffer and die if aid stops. If we western countries stopped trying to help these people I don't think their own governments would suddenly say "Oh we better stop spending money on other s**t and help our poor now" It's always the little guy who suffers. I know in alot of these countries, their corrupt governments may take alot of the money but atleast some gets through