i've an English Conversation class this afternoon and thought some of you may be able to help me.... i may be playing Devil's Advocate a little here, too.
with the Band-Aid thing in the news recently it raised the question: should we give our money to others?
by giving do we not encourage or exasberate a problem that, if given time, would be sorted out via means of natural selection or regional governments?
one of the reasons africa keeps starving is because there are too many africans.
70-92% of US aid to Ethiopia was food aid - almost all of which was US surplus grain. does this aid lead to a society that doesn't need to take care of itself? does this not allow the governments to spend more time and money on fighting tribal wars?
and how much of our money goes into administration? i worked for a charity knocking on doors collecting for an animal home. i was entitled to keep 40% of everything collected. i didn't stay long.
or on a scale closer to home. in developed western countries should it not be the job of local authorities to look after unfortunates who have come to live on the streets? is it not a grave failing of our societies that they relie upon charities to look after the less-well off, the old and sick.
should we not concentrate first on sorting out those problems closer to home before pitily sending money and food off to far awar places where we don't know what the underlying causes are?
