[Withano]

Originally Posted by Livia

We give more in aid than any other country except the USA. So it astounds me that the first thing I read on this forum is Withano claiming we are the most corrupt nation in the world and that only Foreign Aid is saving us. What complete and utter bullsh1t. When people knock out country it just demonstrates a profounbd lack of knowledge.

Why are some countries still in need of aid? Because despite decades of cash they still can't sort themselves out because of civil and religious war, because the leader is feeding cash straight into his treasury, or maybe buying himself a new private jet. We've been digging wells in Africa since Victorian times and yet we're still seeing adverts about how kids are having to drink water than animals have pissed in.

While we have people sleeping on our streets and dying because they have to choose between turning on the heat and eating, then no money should go abroad. If people want to donate personally, knock yourself out.

Christ what source did you use to work out Britain isnt currently or historically corrupt? The bnp daily? If you want to cancel or limit foreign aid and effectively kill off a few thousand children then I dont particularly wanna talk with you about the issue, but I think you should at least accept that compassion ranks higher on some peoples priorities than it does on yours.
USA and UK dont actually distribute the most considering their respective wealth ("profound lack of knowledge" seeming misplaced in your post) and homelessness is a separate issue (around the world) which needs dealing with. Removing all foreign aid for UK problems is grossly immoral, selfish and naive really. Killing off thousands of children to help our homeless is a horrid conclusion which I sincerely hope, you just didnt think through enough instead of genuinely believe.

A homeless guy is contemplating shelter or food and gets -some- help
A poverty stricken child from the other side of the world is dying of a preventable disease and gets -some- help

Why you want to remove aid entirely to one and use that money to go towards solving some issues partially for the other is beyond me. But it is disgusting.