| That's a damn shame 15:39 - Aug 27 with 1412 views | monytowbray |
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| That's a damn shame on 15:44 - Aug 27 with 1373 views | J2BLUE |
He has, and frankly, I don't see how anyone can morally have more than about £10m BUT how much has Amazon Smile donated to various charities? |  |
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| That's a damn shame on 15:49 - Aug 27 with 1356 views | monytowbray |
| That's a damn shame on 15:44 - Aug 27 by J2BLUE |
He has, and frankly, I don't see how anyone can morally have more than about £10m BUT how much has Amazon Smile donated to various charities? |
Charity shouldn't exist. It only exists through failure of the state to look after it's own citizens.
When someone sucks money that is used to fund the well being of citizens into their own pocket via tax avoidance, then exploits those citizens with low paid jobs, minimal rights and limited local infrastructure/access-ability programs, they aren't a charitable person. They are an exploiter.
Deciding to give some of that money back to causes that suit ones chosen agenda doesn't fix said issue.
You are almost on the ball J2 with your wealth cap opinion, jump that little bit further and join the radicals! [Post edited 27 Aug 2020 15:49]
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| That's a damn shame on 15:52 - Aug 27 with 1341 views | J2BLUE |
| That's a damn shame on 15:49 - Aug 27 by monytowbray |
Charity shouldn't exist. It only exists through failure of the state to look after it's own citizens.
When someone sucks money that is used to fund the well being of citizens into their own pocket via tax avoidance, then exploits those citizens with low paid jobs, minimal rights and limited local infrastructure/access-ability programs, they aren't a charitable person. They are an exploiter.
Deciding to give some of that money back to causes that suit ones chosen agenda doesn't fix said issue.
You are almost on the ball J2 with your wealth cap opinion, jump that little bit further and join the radicals! [Post edited 27 Aug 2020 15:49]
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How are the poorest African countries supposed to support their citizens? Surely as people lucky enough to randomly be born into a rich country we should be campaigning not only for our own citizens but to increase foreign aid to the poorest people on earth?
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| That's a damn shame on 16:48 - Aug 27 with 1224 views | Herbivore |
| That's a damn shame on 15:52 - Aug 27 by J2BLUE |
How are the poorest African countries supposed to support their citizens? Surely as people lucky enough to randomly be born into a rich country we should be campaigning not only for our own citizens but to increase foreign aid to the poorest people on earth?
What do the radicals believe? |
We're all citizens of the world, there are plentiful resources for everyone if we are willing to share with our global neighbours. |  |
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| That's a damn shame on 17:01 - Aug 27 with 1189 views | bluelagos |
| That's a damn shame on 15:52 - Aug 27 by J2BLUE |
How are the poorest African countries supposed to support their citizens? Surely as people lucky enough to randomly be born into a rich country we should be campaigning not only for our own citizens but to increase foreign aid to the poorest people on earth?
What do the radicals believe? |
International development is a very complex issue and I think there are a whole host of things we in the developed world could be doing better to help improve the things for those in less developed countries.
If I had one main criticism of the EU it is that is puts up trade barriers to those outside and the CAP is nothing more than state subsidies to Western farmers that hinder farmers from the developing world. So removing those subsidies would probably do more good than any other single act.
We have thankfully written off much of the 3rd world debt (Kudos to Gordon Brown on that) but the legacy of years of colonisation/economic exploitation and more recently the brain drain are not going to be solved quickly.
But yeah, increasing foreign aid would be a good start and making sure what we currently provide is used wisely would be good too. As it happens DFID is regarded in the NGO world as very progressive, as are the EU aid programmes and unsurprisingly, the nordic countries are well respected donors.
By contrast the American govt has been know to insist programmes don't fund birth control. Arsewipes. |  |
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| That's a damn shame on 18:56 - Aug 27 with 1115 views | eireblue |
| That's a damn shame on 17:01 - Aug 27 by bluelagos |
International development is a very complex issue and I think there are a whole host of things we in the developed world could be doing better to help improve the things for those in less developed countries.
If I had one main criticism of the EU it is that is puts up trade barriers to those outside and the CAP is nothing more than state subsidies to Western farmers that hinder farmers from the developing world. So removing those subsidies would probably do more good than any other single act.
We have thankfully written off much of the 3rd world debt (Kudos to Gordon Brown on that) but the legacy of years of colonisation/economic exploitation and more recently the brain drain are not going to be solved quickly.
But yeah, increasing foreign aid would be a good start and making sure what we currently provide is used wisely would be good too. As it happens DFID is regarded in the NGO world as very progressive, as are the EU aid programmes and unsurprisingly, the nordic countries are well respected donors.
By contrast the American govt has been know to insist programmes don't fund birth control. Arsewipes. |
Is that the highly thought off and successful DFID that Boris has scrapped, sorry, “merged” into the FCO.
https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2020/08/a-complete-lack-of-balance-interim-leadersh |  | | |
| That's a damn shame on 18:57 - Aug 27 with 1112 views | bluelagos |
Yeah, my friends who work for DFID are far from impressed. Appalling decision in their consensus. | |
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| That's a damn shame on 19:05 - Aug 27 with 1089 views | WeWereZombies |
| That's a damn shame on 17:01 - Aug 27 by bluelagos |
International development is a very complex issue and I think there are a whole host of things we in the developed world could be doing better to help improve the things for those in less developed countries.
If I had one main criticism of the EU it is that is puts up trade barriers to those outside and the CAP is nothing more than state subsidies to Western farmers that hinder farmers from the developing world. So removing those subsidies would probably do more good than any other single act.
We have thankfully written off much of the 3rd world debt (Kudos to Gordon Brown on that) but the legacy of years of colonisation/economic exploitation and more recently the brain drain are not going to be solved quickly.
But yeah, increasing foreign aid would be a good start and making sure what we currently provide is used wisely would be good too. As it happens DFID is regarded in the NGO world as very progressive, as are the EU aid programmes and unsurprisingly, the nordic countries are well respected donors.
By contrast the American govt has been know to insist programmes don't fund birth control. Arsewipes. |
Another complex area in the international development field is the price the economically powerful nations pay poorer nations for natural resources, what we do about exploitative practices for workers in mining, forestry and agriculture, and how is it possible to externally regulate the distribution of extractive resources income and worker's welfare without becoming latter day colonialists? |  |
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| That's a damn shame on 19:46 - Aug 27 with 1038 views | J2BLUE |
| That's a damn shame on 16:48 - Aug 27 by Herbivore |
We're all citizens of the world, there are plentiful resources for everyone if we are willing to share with our global neighbours. |
Precisely. | |
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| That's a damn shame on 19:48 - Aug 27 with 1033 views | Swansea_Blue |
| That's a damn shame on 17:01 - Aug 27 by bluelagos |
International development is a very complex issue and I think there are a whole host of things we in the developed world could be doing better to help improve the things for those in less developed countries.
If I had one main criticism of the EU it is that is puts up trade barriers to those outside and the CAP is nothing more than state subsidies to Western farmers that hinder farmers from the developing world. So removing those subsidies would probably do more good than any other single act.
We have thankfully written off much of the 3rd world debt (Kudos to Gordon Brown on that) but the legacy of years of colonisation/economic exploitation and more recently the brain drain are not going to be solved quickly.
But yeah, increasing foreign aid would be a good start and making sure what we currently provide is used wisely would be good too. As it happens DFID is regarded in the NGO world as very progressive, as are the EU aid programmes and unsurprisingly, the nordic countries are well respected donors.
By contrast the American govt has been know to insist programmes don't fund birth control. Arsewipes. |
Good post. Overseas aid is indeed a complex issue. Certainly far more nuanced that the way it’s portrayed in the press and used as a political football.
Noraid are remarkably well-respected and active considering how small the country is. We used to do as much work through them as through DFID. The Netherlands are (or were) especially active too.
Agreed on this Government’s approach to DFID. It stinks, but is entirely expected and consistent with their approach in other areas. They’re certainly “taking back control” (for themselves); the not so slow authoritarianism of UK institutions. |  |
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| That's a damn shame on 19:50 - Aug 27 with 1030 views | monytowbray |
| That's a damn shame on 19:46 - Aug 27 by J2BLUE |
Precisely. |
Therefore, f*ck Bezos and the rest of the billionaire elite :) | |
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| That's a damn shame on 23:18 - Aug 27 with 932 views | tractordownsouth |
| That's a damn shame on 17:01 - Aug 27 by bluelagos |
International development is a very complex issue and I think there are a whole host of things we in the developed world could be doing better to help improve the things for those in less developed countries.
If I had one main criticism of the EU it is that is puts up trade barriers to those outside and the CAP is nothing more than state subsidies to Western farmers that hinder farmers from the developing world. So removing those subsidies would probably do more good than any other single act.
We have thankfully written off much of the 3rd world debt (Kudos to Gordon Brown on that) but the legacy of years of colonisation/economic exploitation and more recently the brain drain are not going to be solved quickly.
But yeah, increasing foreign aid would be a good start and making sure what we currently provide is used wisely would be good too. As it happens DFID is regarded in the NGO world as very progressive, as are the EU aid programmes and unsurprisingly, the nordic countries are well respected donors.
By contrast the American govt has been know to insist programmes don't fund birth control. Arsewipes. |
Not entirely true. The EU has the 'Everything But Arms' initiative which allows the 48 poorest countries to sell all their products (except weapons) into the single market, tariff free.
https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tradehelp/everything-arms
Foreign aid definitely needs to go up but sadly that's unlikely to happen as the tabloids won't allow it |  |
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