Tuesday, July 14, 2009

International handouts

If we do end up arguing the keep-the-money rez, articles like this are going to come in handy.

Michael Gerson: Surely, Moyo should recognize the difference between aid provided to oppressive kleptocrats and aid given to faith-based organizations distributing AIDS drugs.

Dambisa Moyo’s reply: I’m not going to sit here and say the fact that 2 million Africans are on HIV drugs is a bad thing. Of course that’s a good thing. But whose responsibility is it to provide those HIV drugs? American society does not operate by sitting around and waiting for handouts. Why should we as Africans? More...

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