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Acrylic-bob · 04-07-2005, 18:06

It is estimated by the World Bank, among others, that in the last four decades aid amounting to One Trillion Dollars has been poured into Africa. That is one thousand, thousand, million dollars. A staggering and unimaginable sum. written down it looks like this...

$ 1, 000, 000, 000, 000. 00

The bank also admits that as much as 70% of this stupendous amount has been spent by the aid agencies and Non governmental organisations on administration, salaries, and "jobs for the boys". The bank also estimates that an unknown but sizeable portion has also been siphoned off by corrupt government officials.

A large-ish chunk of that one trillion dollars was your money that you earned by your hard work and which you were required to pay to the Inland Revenue in Taxes.

Do you really need any further demonstration that AID does not work, that it creates a dependency culture, and that it fosters corruption, crime and increasing poverty?

There was talk on the Jeremy Vine Show on R2 this afternoon that people in the UK should now be prepared to accept increases in taxation to pay for further western largesse where Africa is concerned - after all, where else do you think the money is going to come from?

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Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2472	Re: Live 8 It is estimated by the World Bank, among others, that in the last four decades aid amounting to One Trillion Dollars has been poured into Africa. That is one thousand, thousand, million dollars. A staggering and unimaginable sum. written down it looks like this... $ 1, 000, 000, 000, 000. 00 The bank also admits that as much as 70% of this stupendous amount has been spent by the aid agencies and Non governmental organisations on administration, salaries, and "jobs for the boys". The bank also estimates that an unknown but sizeable portion has also been siphoned off by corrupt government officials. A large-ish chunk of that one trillion dollars was your money that you earned by your hard work and which you were required to pay to the Inland Revenue in Taxes. Do you really need any further demonstration that AID does not work, that it creates a dependency culture, and that it fosters corruption, crime and increasing poverty? There was talk on the Jeremy Vine Show on R2 this afternoon that people in the UK should now be prepared to accept increases in taxation to pay for further western largesse where Africa is concerned - after all, where else do you think the money is going to come from? __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 04-07-2005 at 18:27.